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Noun:

  • In diplomatic use, the office building from which the Ambassador works.
  • 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.
  • In the United States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.

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