chancery
noun
chan·cery ˈchan(t)-sə-rē 
ˈchan(t)s-rē
plural chanceries
1
: a record office for public archives or those of ecclesiastical, legal, or diplomatic proceedings
2
a
capitalized : a high court of equity in England and Wales with common-law functions and jurisdiction over causes in equity
b
: a court of equity in the American judicial system
c
: the principles and practice of judicial equity
3
a
: a chancellor's court or office or the building in which it is located
b
: the office in which the business of a Roman Catholic diocese is transacted and recorded
c
: the office of an embassy : chancellery sense 3
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Eventually this function devolved to judicial bodies called chancery courts. 
Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2022 The company is asking a Nashville chancery judge for permission to move the remains, which include skeletal pieces and thin wood fragments thought to be from coffins, to the adjacent, 200-year-old Nashville City Cemetery. Jonathan Mattise, ajc, 13 Aug. 2022 Its chancery court judges are business-law experts who hear cases on a fast-track basis. Jef Feeley, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2022 The company is asking a Nashville chancery judge for permission to move the remains, which include skeletal pieces and thin wood fragments thought to be from coffins, to the adjacent, 200-year-old Nashville City Cemetery. Jonathan Mattise, ajc, 13 Aug. 2022 The company is asking a Nashville chancery judge for permission to move the remains, which include skeletal pieces and thin wood fragments thought to be from coffins, to the adjacent, 200-year-old Nashville City Cemetery. Jonathan Mattise, al, 13 Aug. 2022 Weakland had not lived in the United States in a decade, and had no understanding of how a diocese or chancery office worked. Annysa Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2022 The company is asking a Nashville chancery judge for permission to move the remains, which include skeletal pieces and thin wood fragments thought to be from coffins, to the adjacent, 200-year-old Nashville City Cemetery. CBS News, 16 Aug. 2022 Enlarge / Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery, seated in the middle and surrounded by the court's vice chancellors and masters in chancery. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 15 July 2022 See More
Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2022 The company is asking a Nashville chancery judge for permission to move the remains, which include skeletal pieces and thin wood fragments thought to be from coffins, to the adjacent, 200-year-old Nashville City Cemetery. Jonathan Mattise, ajc, 13 Aug. 2022 Its chancery court judges are business-law experts who hear cases on a fast-track basis. Jef Feeley, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2022 The company is asking a Nashville chancery judge for permission to move the remains, which include skeletal pieces and thin wood fragments thought to be from coffins, to the adjacent, 200-year-old Nashville City Cemetery. Jonathan Mattise, ajc, 13 Aug. 2022 The company is asking a Nashville chancery judge for permission to move the remains, which include skeletal pieces and thin wood fragments thought to be from coffins, to the adjacent, 200-year-old Nashville City Cemetery. Jonathan Mattise, al, 13 Aug. 2022 Weakland had not lived in the United States in a decade, and had no understanding of how a diocese or chancery office worked. Annysa Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2022 The company is asking a Nashville chancery judge for permission to move the remains, which include skeletal pieces and thin wood fragments thought to be from coffins, to the adjacent, 200-year-old Nashville City Cemetery. CBS News, 16 Aug. 2022 Enlarge / Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery, seated in the middle and surrounded by the court's vice chancellors and masters in chancery. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 15 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English chancerie, alteration of chancelerie chancellery, from Anglo-French, from chanceler
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a
Phrases Containing chancery
Legal Definition
chancery
noun
chan·cery ˈchan-sə-rē
1
capitalized : the court having equity jurisdiction in England and Wales and presided over by the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
Note: Formerly a separate court, the Chancery is now a division of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England.
2
a
: court of equity
cases decided in chancery
b
: the principles and practice of judicial equity
court of chancery
see also equity compare law Note: There are chancery courts in Arkansas, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Tennessee.