Definition of exchequer

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Exchequer (n.) One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table..

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Postman :: Postman (n.) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; -- so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman..
Exchequered :: Exchequered (imp. & p. p.) of Excheque.
Chief Baron :: Chief baron () The presiding judge of the court of exchequer.
Underchamberlain :: Underchamberlain (n.) A deputy chamberlain of the exchequer.
Estreat :: Estreat (v. t.) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance..
Pipe :: Pipe (n.) A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; -- so called because put together like a pipe..
Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low..
Apposer :: Apposer (n.) An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts..
Exchequer :: Exchequer (v. t.) To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.
Aid :: Aid (v. t.) A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan..
Estreat :: Estreat (v. t.) To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine..
Puisne :: Puisne (a.) Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer..
Exchequering :: Exchequering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excheque.
Prest :: Prest (n.) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands..
Tubman :: Tubman (n.) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer. Cf. Postman, 2..
Black Book :: Black book () A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc..
Counterfoil :: Counterfoil (n.) That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also counterstock..
Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table..
Cutter :: Cutter (n.) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
Teller :: Teller (n.) One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king..
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