Court of Exchequer
Britishnoun
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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 July, 1865, he was committed to York Castle for Contempt of the Court of Exchequer, in not paying a large debt, and was there incarcerated till the following October.
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John
On 23 May, the Derby was won by a horse called Running Rein, which was the occasion of an Action in the Court of Exchequer, on 1 July, before Baron Alderson.
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John
George Wood, the famous special pleader—died at his house in Bedford Square, about seventeen months after his resignation of his seat in the Court of Exchequer to John Hullock.
From A Book About Lawyers by Jeaffreson, John Cordy
An Imperial Court of Exchequer was established in Ireland to watch over the observance of the Act, and all Revenue acts were to be tried and defaults punished in that Court.
From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.
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