Court of Exchequer

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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 the Court of Exchequer Division on Monday, before Baron Huddleston and a special jury, the case of Whistler v.

From The Gentle Art of Making Enemies by Whistler, James McNeill

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

At the opening of the argument, the Court of Exchequer decided that the fees, &c. are regulated by the 6 & 7 Will.

From Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

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