(n.) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity.
(n.) In the Unites States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.
Example Sentences:
(1) He is likely to be replaced by an appeal judge with a chancery background.
(2) It is the largest ever reached in a so-called derivative lawsuit in Delaware chancery court, said Jay Eisenhofer, partner at Grant & Eisenhofer, who represented Amalgamated Bank.
(3) * In Chancery, having noted My Lady Dedlock's interest, Mr Tulkinghorn is enquiring about the identity of the scrivener.
(4) The paper said a document dated August 2010 showed that "confidential information thus stolen from foreign chanceries, and in particular from France", played a major role in obtaining the vote, on 9 June 2010, on a UN resolution imposing new sanctions on Iran for not respecting obligations over its nuclear programme.
(5) As it was any spectators crammed into the gangways of court 16 expecting high courtroom drama will have left as many have before: baffled and generally wrung out by the mind-fuddling complexities of chancery proceedings.
(6) And so with the chancery day extended to its brain-wiping maximum we retired to await tomorrow's verdict.
(7) I had a fare once, a woman who screamed all the way that my route from “Chancery Lane” in central London to Northington Street was wrong.
(8) Several accounting experts said there are many legitimate reasons why US and foreign companies incorporate in Delaware, particularly because of its highly respected Court of Chancery and business-friendly state government.
(9) "Make no mistake, Richard," he warned, "No good will ever come from Chancery."
(10) A chancery built next door to Lutyens' building looks – everyone admits – like a 1960s high school, detracting from the glamour of the residence, which is now solely occupied by the ambassador's family.
(11) We felt we had absolutely no choice but to stand up for ourselves, and indeed all other artists, who are likely to suffer similar circumstances.” None of the group members was in court as the judge, sitting in the high court chancery division, announced the law was on the side of the claimant publishers.
(12) He visited the US and then moved to London, where he worked as a clerk in a Chancery Lane law firm.
(13) Sir Hayden Phillips , 67, the clerk of the crown in chancery during negotiations over whether Michael Ashcroft should be appointed a peer, was responsible for ensuring that the Conservative party stuck to promises given to the political honours and scrutiny committee that he would become a permanent resident in the UK and pay tax on his earnings.
(14) But neither served in the chancery division, as Walker did.
(15) The legal complaint filed in Delaware chancery court said: "Murdoch has treated News Corp like a family candy jar, which he raids whenever his appetite strikes.
(16) The brightly fronted K Chido on Chancery Street is a great stop-off for inexpensive Mexican food – served out of a food truck.
(17) In Chancery, the lawyers grow rich while their clients go mad, but Mr Tulkinghorn has intelligence that Nemo is a Captain Hawdon with whom My Lady Dedlock had an Affair before she married Sir Leicester, and from which union sprang the woman we now know as Miss Esther Summerson.
(18) How it pained me to see him gripped by the curse of Chancery, still more so as Ada was so devoted to him and has married him in secret.
(19) Sir Andrew Morritt, who presides over the chancery division as chancellor of the high court, must retire by next February, when he turns 75.
(20) She worked as a trainee at Hogan Lovells solicitors in London before moving to the Chancery Lane firm Lewis Silkin in 2012.
Court
Definition:
(n.) An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
(n.) The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.
(n.) The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
(n.) Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.
(n.) Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
(n.) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
(n.) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes.
(n.) A tribunal established for the administration of justice.
(n.) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
(n.) The session of a judicial assembly.
(n.) Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
(n.) A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
(v. t.) To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.
(v. t.) To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.
(v. t.) To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
(v. t.) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
(v. i.) To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.
Example Sentences:
(1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
(2) The measure destroyed the Justice Department’s plans to prosecute whatever Guantánamo detainees it could in federal courts.
(3) Slager’s next court appearance is not until 21 August.
(4) Villagers, including one man who has been left disabled and the relatives of six men who were killed, are suing ABG in the UK high court, represented by British law firm Leigh Day, alleging that Tanzanian police officers shot unarmed locals.
(5) Michael Caine was his understudy for the 1959 play The Long and the Short and the Tall at the Royal Court Theatre.
(6) Anytime they feel parts of the Basic Law are not up to their current standards of political correctness, they will change it and tell Hong Kong courts to obey.
(7) The court heard that Hall confronted one girl in the staff quarters of a hotel within minutes of her being chosen to appear as a cheerleader on his BBC show It's a Knockout.
(8) Gwendolen Morgan, the lawyer at Bindmans dealing with the case, said: "We have grave concerns about the decision to use this draconian power to detain our client for nine hours on Sunday – for what appear to be highly questionable motives, which we will be asking the high court to consider.
(9) An official from Cafcass, the children and family court advisory service, tried to persuade the child in several interviews, but eventually the official told the court that further persuasion was inappropriate and essentially abusive.
(10) She successfully appealed against the council’s decision to refuse planning permission, but neighbours have launched a legal challenge to be heard at the high court in June.
(11) Analysts say Zuma's lawyers may try to reach agreement with the prosecutors, while he can also appeal against yesterday's ruling before the constitutional court.
(12) Any party or witness is entitled to use Welsh in any magistrates court in Wales without prior notice.
(13) What if the court of justice refuses to answer the question?
(14) Earlier this week the supreme court in London ruled against a mother and daughter from Northern Ireland who had wanted to establish the right to have a free abortion in an English NHS hospital.
(15) More likely is that the constitutional court would use its recently beefed-up powers to deal with separatists if they were to assume powers that the constitution does not allow them.
(16) Can somebody who is not a billionaire, who stands for working families, actually win an election into which billionaires are pouring millions of dollars?” Naming prominent and controversial rightwing donors, he said: “It is not just Hillary, it is the Koch brothers, it is Sheldon Adelson.” Stephanopoulos seized the moment, asking: “Are you lumping her in with them?” Choosing to refer to the 2010 supreme court decision that removed limits on corporate political donations, rather than address the question directly, Sanders replied: “What I am saying is that I get very frightened about the future of American democracy when this becomes a battle between billionaires.
(17) The court hearing – in a case of the kind likely to be heard in secret if the government's justice and security bill is passed – was requested by the law firm Leigh Day and the legal charity Reprieve, acting for Serdar Mohammed, tortured by the Afghan security services after being transferred to their custody by UK forces.
(18) She said that in February 2013 she was asked to assist Pistorius in his first court appearance when applying for bail and sat with him in the cells, where he vomited twice.
(19) Spain’s constitutional court responded by unanimously ruling that the legislation had ignored and infringed the rules of the 1978 constitution , adding that the “principle of democracy cannot be considered to be separate from the unconditional primacy of the constitution”.
(20) It came in a mix of joy and sorrow and brilliance under pressure, with one of the most remarkable things you will ever see on a basketball court in the biggest moment.