the King in Chancery

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The King in Chancery was the English monarch acting through the royal Chancery as the supreme judicial authority for hearing appeals previously directed to external or ecclesiastical courts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office
legal concept
appealDestinationFrom church courts
appealDestinationFrom external tribunals
appliesToJurisdiction English law
associatedWith Privy Council of England NERFINISHED
royal council NERFINISHED
authorityOver subjects of the English crown
authorityType royal prerogative
basedOn royal authority
branchOf English royal administration
category historical legal institution
conceptualizedAs personification of the King’s judicial role in Chancery
country Kingdom of England
decidedMatters appeals from ecclesiastical courts
appeals from lower courts
decisionForm decrees in Chancery
exercisedBy English monarch
exercisedThrough royal Chancery
function hearing appeals
governmentBranch royal household and council
historicalPeriod early modern England
medieval England
languageOfRecord English
Latin
Law French NERFINISHED
legalStatus supreme court of appeal in certain matters NERFINISHED
legalSystem common law
legalTradition equity
natureOfPower administrative
judicial
oversaw equitable jurisdiction
partOf English judicial system
relatedTo Court of Chancery NERFINISHED
English monarchy
Lord Chancellor NERFINISHED
replacedAppealTo ecclesiastical courts
external courts
role supreme judicial authority
seatOfAuthority Westminster NERFINISHED
sourceOfLegitimacy royal seal
subordinateTo King of England NERFINISHED
usedInstitution Court of Chancery NERFINISHED
usedInstrument letters patent
royal commissions
writs

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