assizes vs chancery

assizes

noun
  • The regional courts of Great Britain, which were replaced by the Crown Courts in 1971. 

  • A trial or hearing before such a court. 

chancery

noun
  • 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. 

  • The type of building that houses a diplomatic mission or embassy. 

  • In the Middle Ages, a government office that produced and notarized official documents. 

  • The position of a boxer's head when under his adversary's arm. 

  • The type of building that houses the offices and administration of a diocese; the offices of a diocese. 

adv
  • With the head of an antagonist under one's arm, so that one can pommel it with the other fist at will. 

  • In an awkward situation; wholly under the power of someone else. 

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