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Court of Exchequer

British  

noun

  1. Also called: Exchequer.  (formerly) an English civil court where Crown revenue cases were tried

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At Ottawa last week the Court of Exchequer decided in his favor an international rowdedow involving a mere $22,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Lord Bexley arrived we asked him, and he said that Herries would only be sworn then as a Privy Councillor, and must take the oath of Chancellor of Exchequer in the Court of Exchequer.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Reeve, Henry

He organized the Court of Exchequer, which has preserved the earliest official records known to us.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum by White, Gleeson

In Canada there is a Court of Exchequer for the Dominion.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

The defendant had obtained a decree in the Irish Court of Exchequer, which decree was reversed on an appeal to the Irish House of Lords.

From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by McCarthy, Justin

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