| 释义 |
Inns of chancery
| See under Inn. | | (Eng.) | colleges in which young students formerly began their law studies, now occupied chiefly bp attorn`ys, solocitors, etc. |
See also: Chancery, Inn Inns of Chancery
Inns of ChanceryAncient preparatory colleges where qualified clerks studied the drafting of writs, which was a function of the officers of the Court of Chancery. Students attended Inns of Chancery to learn the basics of law and to qualify for admission after two years of instruction to the Inns of Court to which the Inn of Chancery was attached. The role of the Inns of Chancery in the English Legal Education process significantly declined in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. |