Court of Chancery

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English court court of equity royal court

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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Chancery canonical	12
Court of Chancery for Upper Canada	2
Court of Chancery of England	2
English Court of Chancery	2
Chancery Court of York (historically)	1
High Court of Chancery	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English court ⓘ court of equity ⓘ royal court ⓘ
abolishedBy	Judicature Acts ⓘ Judicature Acts ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 Judicature Acts ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875
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 of England ⓘ surface form: Lord Chancellor Court of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ surface form: Lords Justices of Appeal in Chancery Lord Denning ⓘ surface form: Master of the Rolls 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 of England ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Bleak House by Charles Dickens
jurisdiction	England ⓘ Wales ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ Latin ⓘ Law French ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Palace of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster Hall
notableCase	Earl of Oxford’s Case ⓘ Foss v Harbottle ⓘ Keech v Sandford ⓘ Tulk v Moxhay ⓘ Walsh v Lonsdale ⓘ
originatedAs	Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ surface form: office of the Lord Chancellor
partOf	English legal system ⓘ judiciary of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: courts of England and Wales
reformedBy	Judicature Acts ⓘ surface form: Chancery Amendment Act 1858 Judicature Acts ⓘ surface form: Chancery Regulation Act 1862
significantEvent	conflict with common law courts in early 17th century ⓘ emerged as a separate court of equity by the 15th century ⓘ
subordinateTo	Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ surface form: Lord Chancellor
successor	Chancery Division of the High Court ⓘ surface form: Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice

Referenced by (20)

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

Lord Chancellor of England → officeHeldByHeadOf → Court of Chancery ⓘ

Lord Chancellor of England → associatedWithInstitution → Court of Chancery ⓘ

High Court of Justice of England and Wales → replaced → Court of Chancery ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Court of Chancery

Chancellor of New York → influencedBy → Court of Chancery ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Court of Chancery

Chancellor of New York → seeAlso → Court of Chancery ⓘ

Judicature Acts → replaced → Court of Chancery ⓘ

Lord Keeper of the Great Seal → associatedWith → Court of Chancery ⓘ

Sir Thomas Pope → workedFor → Court of Chancery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Chancery of England

Court of Appeal in Chancery → followed → Court of Chancery ⓘ

Court of Appeal in Chancery → heardAppealsFrom → Court of Chancery ⓘ

New York Court of Chancery → inspiredBy → Court of Chancery ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Court of Chancery

Chancery Division of the High Court → historicalOrigin → Court of Chancery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Chancery of England

Government of Upper Canada → hasJudicialBody → Court of Chancery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Chancery for Upper Canada

colonial government of Upper Canada → judicialBranch → Court of Chancery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Chancery for Upper Canada

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 → Court of Chancery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chancery Court of York (historically)

Court of Queen's Bench → distinctFrom → Court of Chancery ⓘ