chancery

chancery
(pl. -ies)
  1. (Chancery 或 Chancery Division)(Law)(in the UK) the Lord Chancellor's court, a division of the High Court of Justice
    (律)(英国)大法官法庭(高等法院的一个部门)
    ■(US)a court of equity
    (美)衡平法院
    ■[mass noun](US)equity
    (美)衡平法
    ■(historical)the court of a bishop's chancellor
    (史)主教法律干事的法庭
  2. (chiefly Brit.)an office attached to an embassy or consulate
    (主英)大使馆官职;领事馆官职
  3. a public record office
    档案馆
in chancery
  1. (informal)(of a boxer or wrestler) with their head held, contrary to the rules, between the opponent's arm and body and unable to avoid blows
语源
  1. late Middle English: contraction of chancellery
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