Court of Chancery

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The Court of Chancery was a historic English court of equity that developed and administered remedies based on fairness, such as injunctions and trusts, alongside the common law courts.

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English court ⓘ
court of equity ⓘ
royal court ⓘ
abolishedBy Judicature Acts ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 ⓘ
linked to: Judicature Acts

Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 ⓘ
linked to: Judicature Acts
appliedLaw English law ⓘ
equity ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
criticizedFor complexity ⓘ
delay ⓘ
expense ⓘ
dateOfAbolition 1875 ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment 14th century ⓘ
developedFrom Curia Regis ⓘ
royal council ⓘ
function administered equity alongside common law ⓘ
interpreted and enforced uses and trusts ⓘ
provided remedies unavailable at common law ⓘ
supervised trustees and fiduciaries ⓘ
hasJudge Lord Chancellor ⓘ
Lords Justices of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ
Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning

Vice-Chancellor ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver accounting ⓘ
administration of estates ⓘ
charities ⓘ
equitable remedies ⓘ
fiduciary duties ⓘ
guardianship of infants ⓘ
injunctions ⓘ
mortgages ⓘ
partnership disputes ⓘ
specific performance ⓘ
trusts ⓘ
uses ⓘ
headedBy Lord Chancellor ⓘ
influenced American courts of equity ⓘ
development of equity in common law jurisdictions ⓘ
law of trusts in England ⓘ
modern Chancery courts in Delaware ⓘ
inPopularCulture Bleak House by Charles Dickens ⓘ
linked to: Bleak House
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Law French ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Westminster Hall ⓘ
notableCase Earl of Oxford’s Case ⓘ
Foss v Harbottle ⓘ
Keech v Sandford ⓘ
Tulk v Moxhay ⓘ
Walsh v Lonsdale ⓘ
originatedAs office of the Lord Chancellor ⓘ
partOf English legal system ⓘ
courts of England and Wales ⓘ
reformedBy Chancery Amendment Act 1858 ⓘ
linked to: Judicature Acts

Chancery Regulation Act 1862 ⓘ
linked to: Judicature Acts
significantEvent conflict with common law courts in early 17th century ⓘ
emerged as a separate court of equity by the 15th century ⓘ
subordinateTo Lord Chancellor ⓘ
successor Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice ⓘ

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Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Court of Justice of England and Wales → replaced → High Court of Chancery ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
Chancellor of New York → influencedBy → English Court of Chancery ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
Chancellor of New York → seeAlso → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Judicature Acts → replaced → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Sir Thomas Pope → workedFor → Court of Chancery of England ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
Court of Appeal in Chancery → followed → Court of Chancery ⓘ
New York Court of Chancery → inspiredBy → English Court of Chancery ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
Chancery Division of the High Court → historicalOrigin → Court of Chancery of England ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
Government of Upper Canada → hasJudicialBody → Court of Chancery for Upper Canada ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
colonial government of Upper Canada → judicialBranch → Court of Chancery for Upper Canada ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
Bleak House → satirizes → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Bleak House → settingInstitution → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Tudor government → usedInstitution → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Chancery Lane → namedAfter → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Consistory Court of York → appealsTo → Chancery Court of York (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
Court of Queen's Bench → distinctFrom → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of Ireland → chiefJudgeOf → Court of Chancery (Ireland) ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Ireland → associatedWithInstitution → Court of Chancery in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
the King in Chancery → usedInstitution → Court of Chancery ⓘ
the King in Chancery → relatedTo → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Earl of Oxford’s Case → court → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Keech v Sandford → court → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Foss v Harbottle → hasCourt → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Tulk v Moxhay → court → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Carey Street → hasHistoricalAssociation → Chancery courts ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
Four Courts, Dublin → originalCourtsHoused → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Thomas Egerton → heldCourt → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Chancery Appeal Court Act 1851 → appliesTo → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Chancery Appeal Court Act 1851 → relatedTo → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Law Reports (England and Wales) → includesSeries → Chancery ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
Master of the Rolls → historicalAssociation → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Lord Justice Turner → jurisdiction → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 → abolished → High Court of Chancery ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
Lord Justice James → placeOfWork → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Chancellor of New York → influencedBy → English Court of Chancery ⓘ
subject linked to: Chancellor
linked to: Court of Chancery
Supreme Court of Judicature → replaced → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke → notableWork → judgments in the Court of Chancery ⓘ
subject linked to: Philip
linked to: Court of Chancery
Fleet Prison → jurisdiction → Court of Chancery ⓘ
Court of Chancery of Upper Canada → basedOn → English Court of Chancery ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery
Mr Tulkinghorn → associatedWith → Chancery ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery