Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Chancery Court of York
Eccles. law. The ecclesiastical court of the province of York, responsible for appeals from provincial diocesan courts. Cf. COURT OF ARCHES.
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
The head of the permanent staff of the Crown Office in Chancery (of the Central Office), responsible for reading the title of Bills in the House of Lords, sending out writs of summons to peers, and issuing election writs.
Court of Appeal in Chancery
Hist. An English court of intermediate appeal in equity cases, established in 1851 and abolished in 1873-1875, when its jurisdiction was transferred to the Court of Appeal.
Inn of Chancery
Hist. Any of nine collegiate houses where students studied either to gain entry into an Inn of Court or to learn how to frame writs in order to serve in the chancery courts. 9 Over time, the Inns - Clement's, Clifford's, Lyon's, Furnival's, Thavies', Symond's, Barnard's, Staples', and the New Inn - became little more than dining clubs, and never exercised control over their members as the Inns of Court did. The Inns of Chancery were all dissolved in the 19th century. Cf. INN OF COURT.
Master in Chancery
A senior official or clerk of a court of chancery who assists the Chancellor in various duties such as inquiring into matters referred by the court, examining cases, taking oaths and affidavits, hearing testimony, and computing damages. 0 There were many Masters in Chancery at the same time. The office was abolished in 1897 and was replaced by the office of Master of the Supreme Court. - Also termed master of the chancery. See MASTER OF THE SUPREME COURT.
certificate into chancery
English law. The decision of a common-law court on a legal question submitted by the chancery court.
chancer
ub. To adjust according to equitable principles, as a court of chancery would. ( The practice arose in parts of New England when the courts had no equity jurisdiction, and were compelled to act on equitable principles. "The practice of 'chancering' is a very old one. A forfeiture could be 'chancered' under a law of 1699 . . . . Adjudged cases in 1630-1692 may be found in the Records of the Court of Assistants of Massachusetts Bay Colony. The early laws of Massachusetts provided for 'chancering' the forfeiture of any penal bond .... In Rhode Island an act of 1746 provided for 'chancerizing' the forfeiture 'where any penalty is forfeited, or conditional estate recovered, or equity of redemption sued for, whether judgment is confessed or otherwise obtained.' " 1 John Bouvier, Bouvier's Law Dictionary 456-57 (8th ed. 1914).
chancery
1. A court of equity; collectively, the courts of equity. - Also termed court of chancery; chancery court."Chancery's jurisdiction was complementary to that of the courts of common law - it sought to do justice in cases for which there was no adequate remedy at common law. It had originated in the petition, not the writ, of the party who felt aggrieved to the
chancery guardian
A guardian appointed by a court of chancery to manage both the person and the estate of the ward.
court of chancery
See CHANCERY (1),
master of the chancery
See MASTER IN CHAN. CERY.
sworn clerks in chancery
Hist. Certain officers in the Court of Chancery who assist the six principal clerks by performing clerical tasks, including keeping records and making copies of pleadings. ( The offices were abolished in 1842 by the Court of Chancery Act. St. 5 & 6 Viet., ch. 103. - Also termed sixty clerks.
ward-in-chancery
Hist. An infant under the superintendence of the chancellor.