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Noun: chancery  chãn-su-ree
  1. A court with jurisdiction in equity
    "The Court of Chancery ruled on the complex property dispute";
    - court of chancery
     
  2. An office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
    "The ancient documents were carefully preserved in the chancery"

Derived forms: chanceries

Type of: archive, court, judicature, tribunal

Encyclopedia: Chancery, Ceredigion