chancery: Meaning and Definition of

chan•cer•y

1. the office or department of a chancellor; chancellery.
2. an office of public records, esp. those of the Lord Chancellor in England.
3. (in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice.
1. Also calledcourt of chancery.a court having jurisdiction in equity; court of equity.
2. equity (defs. 3a, b).
5. the administrative office of a diocese.
6. a department of the Curia Romana now having the responsibility for issuing bulls to establish new dioceses, benefices, etc.
1. Law.in litigation in a court of chancery.
2. Wrestling,Boxing.(of a contestant's head) held under an opponent's arm.
3. in a helpless or embarrassing position.