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A chancery or chancellery (Latin: cancellaria) is a medieval writing office, responsible for the production of official documents. [1] The title of chancellor , for the head of the office, came to be held by important ministers in a number of states, and remains the title of the heads of government in modern Germany and Austria .
The chancellor oversaw the chancery or government writing office. It was originally part of the royal chapel. The clerks in the chapel served both the king's spiritual and secretarial needs. [18] During Edward I's reign, the chancery clerks started to stay in England rather than accompany the king on foreign military expeditions.
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain: the present Clerk of the Crown is the head of the Crown Office, which has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has certain administrative functions, specially in relation to the preparation of royal documents such as warrants required to pass under the royal sign-manual, fiats, letters patent, etc.
The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain is a senior civil servant who is the head of the Crown Office.. The Crown Office, a section of the Ministry of Justice, has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has certain administrative functions in connection with the courts and the judicial process, as well as functions relating to the electoral process for House of Commons ...
The Chancery came to prominence after the decline of the Exchequer, dealing with the law of equity, something more fluid and adaptable than the common law.The early Court of Chancery dealt with verbal contracts, matters of land law and matters of trusts, and had a very liberal view when setting aside complaints; poverty, for example, was an acceptable reason to cancel a contract or obligation. [9]
The Crown Office in Chancery is a section of the Ministry of Justice (formerly the Lord Chancellor's Department).It has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has certain administrative functions in connection with the courts and the judicial process, as well as functions relating to the electoral process for House of Commons elections, to the keeping of the Roll of the Peerage, and to ...
Taylor is known to have left office by 1660, having been paid on 29 September 1659. Following the restoration of the monarchy, Willis was recognized as Clerk of the Crown in April 1660. [3] This marked the last time the office of Clerk of the Commonwealth was used, restoring back to its original name of Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. [citation ...
Chancery (medieval office), responsible for the production of official documents; Chancery (Scotland), the keeper of the Quarter Seal, a senior position in the legal system of Scotland; Diocesan chancery, administration branch in the official government of a Catholic or Anglican diocese; Apostolic Chancery, an office of the Roman Curia