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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Matched in: Term Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

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Chancery Court of Lancaster

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Duchy Court of Lancaster

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Receiver-General of the Duchy of Lancaster

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County palatine [fr. Palatium, Lat., a court]. There were three of these counties--Chester, Durham, and Lancaster. The two former were such by immemorial custom; the last was created by Edward III. The Bishop of

Escheat

upon the failure, natural or legal, of the intestate tenant's family. Escheat to the Crown, the Duchy of Lancaster, the Duke of Cornwall and to mesne lords has been abolished by (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925,

Herald

to their origin, as they were created to attend dukes and great lords in martial expeditions, i.e., York, Lancaster, Chester, Windsor, Richmond, and Somerset; the four former were instituted by Edward III, and the two latter by

Precedence or precedency

Knights of the Garter. || Privy Councillors. || Chancellor of the Exchequer. || Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. || Lord Chief Justice of England. || Master of the Rolls. For the present precedence of the Judges

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Brief any judgment in 18 sections.