English-Danish translations for chancery
Definition of chancery
- In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity
- The type of building that houses a diplomatic mission or embassy
- In the Middle Ages, a government office that produced and notarized official documents
- Any awkward predicament
- With the head of an antagonist under one's arm, so that one can pommel it with the other fist at will
- In an awkward situation; wholly under the power of someone else
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