Clerk of the Crown in Chancery 〈英〉文秘署皇家办公厅书记官 皇家办公厅由枢密大臣担任首长，而办公厅书记官是常任职员的首长。该职位自1349年设置。该书记官参与许多国家行为，诸如在上议院宣读已得到国王御准的法案的标题，向贵族发出召集令，发出指示某地区负责选举的官员主持选举并向皇家办公厅回呈当选人名单的令状等。 (→Crown Office in Chancery)
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information in chancery 〈英〉衡平法庭起诉状 在衡平法庭提出的代表王室的诉状。它只需事实的陈述，不必定由王室担当起诉人或原告，并请求救济〔pray for relief〕。
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hats in court 〈英〉法庭之冠 在任命衡平法院新主事法官〔Master in Chancery〕时，御前大臣〔Lord Chancellor〕从主事法官手中接过主事法官之冠将其戴于该主事法官之首，对其口称「先生，你有权成为本庭成员〔Sir, you have a right to be covered in this court〕」。
clerici de cancellaria (kler-[schwa]-sI dee kan-s[schwa]-lair-ee-[ schwa]). [Law Latin “clerks of the chancery”] Cursitors. — Also termed clerici de cursu. See CURSITOR.
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ancients. Hist. Certain members of seniority in the Inns of Court and Chancery. • In Gray’s Inn, the society con-sisted of benchers, ancients, barristers, and students under the bar, with the ancients being the oldest barristers. In the Middle Temple, those who passed the readings were termed ancients. The Inns of Chancery consisted of both
A court that (1) has jurisdiction in equity, (2) administers and decides controversies in accordance with the rules, principles, and precedents of equity, and (3) follows the forms and procedures of chancery. Cf. court of law. [Cases: Courts 42(7).]
A title that indicates a beneficial interest in property and that gives the holder the right to acquire formal legal title. • Before the Statute of Uses (1536), an equitable title was enforceable only in a court of chancery, not of law. Cf. legal title. [Cases: Vendor and Purchaser 54. C.J.S. Vendor and Purchaser §§