{i} office of a chancellor; division of the High Court of Justice (Britain); office of public records; administrative office of a diocese; department which issues bulls (Catholicism)
In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity
The Chancery Division of the high court deals with property matters, wills, trusts and companies, and the expression refers to these areas of legal practice