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Court of Exchequer

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noun

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

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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

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

From 1830 to 1834 we find him occupying the chiefship of the Court of Exchequer.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark

At Bury St. Edmonds, in the county of Suffolk, a remarkable “Tryal of witches” was held on the tenth day of March, 1664, before Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer.

From Witch Stories by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

P. C. S. S. is desirous to know whether there be any record in the Court of Exchequer which bears out this singular statement.

From Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

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