CHANCERY
\t͡ʃˈansəɹi], \tʃˈansəɹi], \tʃ_ˈa_n_s_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of CHANCERY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The highest English court next to the parliament; in the United States a lower court of equity. Also a pugilistic term for the position of an opponent's head when it is under one's arm, so that it may be held and pommelled severely, the victim mean while being unable to retaliate effectively; hence, sometimes figuratively used of an awkward fix or predicament.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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In England, formerly the highest court of justice next to the parliament, now a division of the high court of justice; a court of equity. To get into chancery, to get into the power of an adversary.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The high court of equity in England and Ireland presided over by the Lord Chancellor; in Scot., a court for registration of charters, patents of dignity, &c.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
