chancery

En español: cancillería, tribunal de equidad

1. 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 (countable, uncountable)
2. A court of equity; equity; a proceeding in equity. (US, countable, uncountable)
3. The type of building that houses a diplomatic mission or embassy. (countable, uncountable)
4. The type of building that houses the offices and administration of a diocese; the offices of a diocese. (countable, uncountable)
5. In the Middle Ages, a government office that produced and notarized official documents. (countable, uncountable)
6. The position of a boxer's head when under his adversary's arm. (countable, slang, uncountable)

Plural chanceries