- the office or department of a chancellor; chancellery.
- an office of public records, especially those of the Lord Chancellor in England.
- (in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice.
- Law.
- a court having jurisdiction in equity; court of equity.
- equity (defs. 4a, b).
- the administrative office of a diocese.
- a department of the Curia Romana now having the responsibility for issuing bulls to establish new dioceses, benefices, etc.
- in chancery,
- in litigation in a court of chancery.
- (of a contestant's head) held under an opponent's arm.
- in a helpless or embarrassing position.
- (in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice
- (in the US) a court of equity
- the political section or offices of an embassy or legation
- another name for chancellery
- a court of public records; archives
- a diocesan office under the supervision of a bishop's chancellor, having custody of archives, issuing official enactments, etc
- in chancery
- (of a suit) pending in a court of equity
- (of a competitor's head) locked under an opponent's arm
- in an awkward or helpless situation
