chancery

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chancery/ˈtʃɑːnsəri/

▶noun (pl. chanceries)

• 1 (Chancery or Chancery Division) Law (in the UK) the Lord Chancellor's court, a division of the High Court of Justice.

• 2 US a court of equity.

  ■ equity.

• 3 chiefly Brit. an office attached to an embassy or consulate.

• 4 a public record office.

– origin ME: contr. of chancellery.