chancery
pronunciation
How to pronounce chancery in British English:
UK [ˈtʃɑ:nsəri]
How to pronounce chancery in American English:
US [ˈtʃænsəri]
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- Noun:
- a court with jurisdiction in equity
- an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
Word Origin
- chancery (n.)
- late 14c., "court of the Lord Chancellor of England," contracted from chancellery (c. 1300), from Old French chancelerie (12c.), from Medieval Latin cancellaria (see chancellor).
Example
- 1. He found himself in chancery when the truth came out .
- 2. A case on corporate fraud came up in the chancery courts recently .
- 3. He 'll not put his head in chancery , that 's clear .
- 4. In the catholic church , especially , they go into chancery , make a clean confession , give up all , and think to start again .
- 5. The chancery has been found to be riddled with sophisticated eavesdropping systems and has never been used .