Court of Exchequer

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The Court of Exchequer was a historic English royal court primarily responsible for managing the Crown’s revenue and later exercising broader judicial functions in common law.

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

Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 ⓘ
linked to: Judicature Acts
alsoKnownAs Court of Exchequer at Westminster ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer

Exchequer of Pleas ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
appliedLaw English common law ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England
buildingType courtroom within Westminster Palace complex ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
developedFrom medieval Exchequer system ⓘ
dissolutionDate 19th century ⓘ
existedFrom medieval period ⓘ
function hearing common law civil actions ⓘ
hearing revenue disputes involving the Crown ⓘ
hadMember Barons of the Exchequer ⓘ
linked to: King’s Bench
handled cases involving Crown revenue ⓘ
disputes between subjects framed as affecting Crown revenue ⓘ
headedBy Chief Baron of the Exchequer ⓘ
historicalRole central institution of royal finance ⓘ
major common law court alongside King’s Bench and Common Pleas ⓘ
influenced development of English financial law ⓘ
development of English procedural law ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Law French ⓘ
legalStatus superior court of record ⓘ
location Westminster Hall ⓘ
mergedInto Exchequer Division of the High Court of Justice ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer

High Court of Justice ⓘ
originatedFrom royal household Exchequer ⓘ
oversaw assessment of certain taxes and duties ⓘ
collection of royal debts ⓘ
partOf royal courts at Westminster ⓘ
primaryFunction management of Crown revenue ⓘ
procedure used legal fictions to extend jurisdiction to ordinary civil disputes ⓘ
used writs to bring cases before the court ⓘ
relatedTo Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
Court of King’s Bench ⓘ
secondaryFunction exercise of common law jurisdiction ⓘ
subdivision Exchequer of Account ⓘ
Exchequer of Pleas ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer

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English law → hasHistoricalOrigin → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Lord High Treasurer → seat → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Henry I of England → introducedInstitution → Exchequer of England ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
Court of Common Pleas → distinctFrom → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Court of Exchequer → alsoKnownAs → Court of Exchequer at Westminster ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
Court of Exchequer → alsoKnownAs → Exchequer of Pleas ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
Court of Exchequer → subdivision → Exchequer of Pleas ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
Court of Exchequer → mergedInto → Exchequer Division of the High Court of Justice ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
Judicature Acts → replaced → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Crown of England → associatedWithInstitution → Exchequer of England ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas → partOf → Westminster courts of common law ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas → seeAlso → Exchequer of Pleas ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
The Reports → associatedWith → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
King’s Bench → concurrentWith → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
King’s Court → developedInto → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Queen’s Remembrancer → historicalAssociation → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
subject linked to: The Queen’s Remembrancer
Queen’s Remembrancer → historicalAssociation → Exchequer of Pleas ⓘ
subject linked to: The Queen’s Remembrancer
linked to: Court of Exchequer
Exchequer Court of Canada → namedAfter → Court of Exchequer (United Kingdom) ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
Sir James Eyre → jurisdiction → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Common Bench → distinguishedFrom → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Exchequer of Account → relatedTo → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Chief Baron of the Exchequer → partOf → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Chief Baron of the Exchequer → positionHeldIn → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Chief Baron of the Exchequer → authorityOver → barons of the Exchequer ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
Court of Queen's Bench → distinctFrom → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Sir Roger Manwood → jurisdiction → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
King’s Remembrancer → partOf → Exchequer of Pleas ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
Four Courts, Dublin → originalCourtsHoused → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Sir James Altham → placeOfActivity → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Court of Augmentations → mergedInto → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
King’s Serjeant → usedInCourt → Exchequer of Pleas ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 → abolished → Court of Exchequer of Pleas ⓘ
linked to: Court of Exchequer
Supreme Court of Judicature → replaced → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Serjeant-at-law → jurisdiction → Court of Exchequer ⓘ
subject linked to: serjeant-at-law