Chancery may refer to:
Offices and administration
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Court of Chancery
The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid a slow pace of change and possible harshness (or "inequity") of the Common law#History, common law. The Chancery had jurisdiction over ...
, the chief court of equity in England and Wales until 1873
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Equity (law)
Equity is a particular body of law that was developed in the English Court of Chancery. Its general purpose is to provide a remedy for situations where the law is not flexible enough for the usual court system to deliver a fair resolution to a cas ...
, also called chancery, the body of jurisprudence originating in the Court of Chancery
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Courts of equity, also called chancery courts
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Chancery (diplomacy)
A chancery is the principal office that houses a diplomatic mission or an embassy. This often includes the associated building and the site. The building can house one or several different nations' missions. The term derives from chancery or cha ...
, the principal office that houses a diplomatic mission or an embassy
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Chancery (medieval office) A chancery or chancellery ( la, cancellaria) is a medieval writing office, responsible for the production of official documents.Coredon ''Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases'' p. 66 The title of chancellor, for the head of the office, came to ...
, responsible for the production of official documents
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Chancery (Scotland)
The office of Director of Chancery (or Chancellory), the keeper of the Quarter Seal of Scotland, was formerly a senior position within the legal system of Scotland. The medieval post, latterly an office at General Register House, Edinburgh, was a ...
, the keeper of the Quarter Seal, a senior position in the legal system of Scotland
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Diocesan chancery
A diocesan chancery is the branch of administration which handles all written documents used in the official government of a Catholic or Anglican diocese.
It is in the diocesan chancery that, under the direction of the bishop or his representativ ...
, administration branch in the official government of a Catholic or Anglican diocese
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Apostolic Chancery
The Apostolic ChanceryCanon 260, ''Code of Canon Law'' of 1917, translated by Edward N. Peters, Ignatius Press, 2001. ( la, Cancellaria Apostolica; also known as the "Papal" or "Roman Chanc(ell)ery") was a dicastery of the Roman Curia at the serv ...
, an office of the Roman Curia
Writing and printing
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Chancery Standard
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English p ...
, of Late Middle English writing
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Chancery hand
The term "chancery hand" can refer to either of two distinct styles of historical handwriting.
A chancery hand was at first a form of handwriting for business transactions that developed in the Lateran chancery (the ) of the 13th century, th ...
, either of two distinct styles of historical handwriting
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ITC Zapf Chancery
ITC Zapf Chancery is a family of script typeface
Script typefaces are based upon the varied and often fluid stroke created by handwriting. They are generally used for display or trade printing, rather than for extended body text in the Latin a ...
, a family of typefaces
Other uses
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Chancery, Ceredigion
Chancery (Welsh: Rhydgaled) is a hamlet in Llanfarian community, in the district county of Ceredigion, Mid-Wales, south of the administrative centre Aberystwyth. The hamlet is on the A487 road, about south-west of Llanfarian village.
The Conrah ...
, a village in Wales
* the name of several
professional wrestling holds
Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by performers to immobilize their opponents or lead to a Submission wrestling, submission. This article covers the various pins, stretches and transition holds used in the ri ...
See also
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Chancellery (disambiguation)
Chancellery is the office of the chancellor, sometimes also referred to as the chancery.
Both terms may also refer to:
Government
* Chancellery (medieval office) or chancery, a medieval writing office
* Chancellery of the President of the Repu ...
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
The Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, or simply the Central Chancery, is an office of the Lord Chamberlain’s department within the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for the administration of or ...
, British office that deals with administration of Orders of Chivalry
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Court of Chancery (disambiguation) The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales.
Court of Chancery or Chancery Court may also refer to:
*Chancery Court of York, an ecclesiastical court in England
*High Court of Justice#Chancery Division, Chancery Division of the ...
, several uses
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