Exchequer in United States
Exchequer Definition
(Law Lat. scaccamim; Norman Fr. eschequier). In English law. A department of the government which has the management of the collection of the king’s revenue. The name is said to be derived from the chequered cloth which covered the table on which some of the king’s accounts were made up, and the amounts indicated by counters. It consists of two divisions, one for the receipt of revenue, the other for administering justice. 4 Inst. 103-116 ; 3 Bl. Comm. 44, 45. See “Court of Exchequer”; “Court of Exchequer Chamber.”
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| Exchequer | Exchequer in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Exchequer | Exchequer in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Exchequer | Exchequer in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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(Law Lat. scaccamim; Norman Fr. eschequier). In English law. A department of the government which has the management of the collection of the king’s revenue. The name is said to be derived from the chequered cloth which covered the table on which some of the king’s accounts were made up, and the amounts indicated by counters. It consists of two divisions, one for the receipt of revenue, the other for administering justice. 4 Inst. 103-116 ; 3 Bl. Comm. 44, 45. See “Court of Exchequer”; “Court of Exchequer Chamber.”
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