also: under the superintendence of the lord chancellor
a ward in chancery
2
: in a hopeless predicament
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebEventually this function devolved to judicial bodies called chancery courts. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2022 The company is asking a Nashville chancery judge for permission to move the remains, which include skeletal pieces and thin wood fragments thought to be from coffins, to the adjacent, 200-year-old Nashville City Cemetery. Jonathan Mattise, ajc, 13 Aug. 2022 Its chancery court judges are business-law experts who hear cases on a fast-track basis. Jef Feeley, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2022 The company is asking a Nashville chancery judge for permission to move the remains, which include skeletal pieces and thin wood fragments thought to be from coffins, to the adjacent, 200-year-old Nashville City Cemetery. Jonathan Mattise, ajc, 13 Aug. 2022 The company is asking a Nashville chancery judge for permission to move the remains, which include skeletal pieces and thin wood fragments thought to be from coffins, to the adjacent, 200-year-old Nashville City Cemetery. Jonathan Mattise, al, 13 Aug. 2022 Weakland had not lived in the United States in a decade, and had no understanding of how a diocese or chancery office worked. Annysa Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2022 The company is asking a Nashville chancery judge for permission to move the remains, which include skeletal pieces and thin wood fragments thought to be from coffins, to the adjacent, 200-year-old Nashville City Cemetery.CBS News, 16 Aug. 2022 Enlarge / Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery, seated in the middle and surrounded by the court's vice chancellors and masters in chancery. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 15 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English chancerie, alteration of chancelerie chancellery, from Anglo-French, from chanceler