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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

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

On arrival at Westminster, the lord mayor and civic authorities having landed, they walked in procession to the Court of Exchequer, where a large number of ladies and gentlemen awaited their arrival.

From Dickens' London by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

In the Court of Exchequer, on June 27th, both sides agreed to a verdict being entered for one farthing damages.

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles

Historical View of the Court of Exchequer, by a late Learned Hand, T. Waller, 3s. 6d.

From The Annual Catalogue: Numb. II. (1738) Or, A new and compleat List of All The New Books, New Editions of Books, Pamphlets, &c. by Various