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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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chancery

chan·cer·y [ chánssəree ] (plural chan·cer·ies)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. Canada international relations 
Same as  chancellery (sense 3)


2. politics 
Same as  chancellery (sense 2)


3. law 
Same as  court of chancery


4. law Lord Chancellor's court: in England, the Lord Chancellor's court, one of the five divisions of the High Court of Justice

[14th century. Contraction of chancellery]
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