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. the office or department of a chancellor; chancellery. 2. an office of public records, esp. those of the Lord Chancellor in England. 3. (in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice. 4. Law. a. Also called court of chancery. a court having jurisdiction in equity; court of equity. b. equity (defs. 3a, b). 5. the administrative office of a diocese. 6. Roman Catholic Church. a department of the Curia Romana now having the responsibility for issuing bulls to establish new dioceses, benefices, etc. -Idiom 7. in chancery, a. Law. in litigation in a court of chancery. b. Wrestling, Boxing. (of a contestant's head) held under an opponent's arm. c. in a helpless or embarrassing position.