Chancery may refer to:
Offices and administration
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Court of Chancery
The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid a slow pace of change and possible harshness (or "inequity") of the Common law#History, common law. The Chancery had jurisdiction over ...
, the chief court of equity in England and Wales until 1873
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Equity (law)
In the field of jurisprudence, equity is the particular body of law, developed in the English Court of Chancery, with the general purpose of providing legal remedies for cases wherein the common law is inflexible and cannot fairly resolve the ...
, also called chancery, the body of jurisprudence originating in the Court of Chancery
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Courts of equity
A court of equity, also known as an equity court or chancery court, is a court authorized to apply principles of equity rather than principles of law to cases brought before it. These courts originated from petitions to the Lord Chancellor of E ...
, also called chancery courts
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Chancery (diplomacy)
A chancery is the principal office that houses a diplomatic mission or an embassy. This often includes the associated building and the site. The building can house one or several different nations' missions. The term derives from chancery or chan ...
, the principal office that houses a diplomatic mission or an embassy
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Chancery (medieval office) A chancery or chancellery () is a medieval writing office, responsible for the production of official documents.Coredon ''Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases'' p. 66 The title of chancellor, for the head of the office, came to be held by impo ...
, responsible for the production of official documents
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Chancery (Scotland), the keeper of the Quarter Seal, a senior position in the legal system of Scotland
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Diocesan chancery, administration branch in the official government of a Catholic or Anglican diocese
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Apostolic Chancery, an office of the Roman Curia
Writing and printing
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Chancery Standard, of Late Middle English writing
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Chancery hand
The term "chancery hand" can refer to either of two distinct styles of historical handwriting.
A chancery hand was at first a form of handwriting for business transactions that developed in the Lateran chancery (the ) of the 13th century, the ...
, either of two distinct styles of historical handwriting
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ITC Zapf Chancery, a family of typefaces
Other uses
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Chancery, Ceredigion, a village in Wales
* the name of several
professional wrestling holds
Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by performers to immobilize their opponents or lead to a Submission wrestling, submission. This article covers the various pins, stretches and transition holds used in the ri ...
See also
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Chancellery (disambiguation)
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
The Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, or simply the Central Chancery, is an office of the Lord Chamberlain's department within the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for the administration of orde ...
, British office that deals with administration of Orders of Chivalry
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Court of Chancery (disambiguation) The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales.
Court of Chancery or Chancery Court may also refer to:
*Chancery Court of York, an ecclesiastical court in England
*High Court of Justice#Chancery Division, Chancery Division of the ...
, several uses
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