| 单词 | court of exchequer |
| 释义 | Court of ExchequerCourt of ExchequerCourt of ExchequerCourt of ExchequerCourt of Exchequerthe highest organ of financial administration in medieval England. It received its name from the checkered cloth that covered the tables in the hall where its members held their sessions. The Court of Exchequer was originally part of the king’s curia. In the 13th century it became a separate finance office headed by the treasurer. At that time the Court of Exchequer was divided into the court proper and the treasury. The members of the court—the barons of the exchequer—exercised control over the financial reports of the king’s officials and conducted judicial examinations of cases affecting the material interests of the crown. Court of ExchequerCourt of Exchequerformerly an English civil court where Crown revenue cases were tried.COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Eng. law. A court of record anciently established for the trial of all matters relating to the revenue of the crown. Bac. Ab. h.t. |
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