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chancery /ˈtʃɑ:nsərɪ/n. (leg.)1 (in GB) corte di giustizia del Lord Cancelliere3 (stor.) cancelleria● (leg., in GB) Chancery Division, una delle tre sezioni dell'Alta Corte di Giustizia NOTE DI CULTURA: Chancery Division: è la sezione che si occupa del trust, del diritto di proprietà e delle controversie tra società; le altre due sono la Family Division ( diritto familiare) e la ► «Queen's Bench Division» (► queen) □ in chancery, (leg.) in contestazione; (fig.) in una situazione difficile, senza via d'uscita. -
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♦ queen /kwi:n/n.1 regina: the queen consort, la regina consorte; the queen mother, la regina madre; (stor.) Queen Victoria, la Regina Vittoria2 (fig.) regina: (relig.) the Queen of Grace, la Regina delle grazie ( la Madonna); beauty queen, regina di bellezza; reginetta4 ( a carte) regina; donna: the queen of hearts, la regina di cuori; I've only a queen ( left) in my hand, mi è rimasta soltanto una regina in mano● Queen Anne furniture, mobili stile Regina Anna ( 1702-1714) □ (bot.) Queen Anne's Lace ( Anthriscus sylvestris), cerfoglio selvatico □ (zool.) the queen bee, l'ape regina; (fig., iron.) la gran capa □ (leg.) Queen's Bench ( Division) (abbr.: QBD), sezione dell'Alta Corte di Giustizia che si occupa di questioni di assicurazioni, diritto commerciale e marittimo, ecc. NOTE DI CULTURA: Queen's Bench Division = Chancery Division ► chancery □ (leg.) Queen's Counsel ► counsel □ the queen dowager, la regina (vedova) □ Queen's English, l'inglese puro ( la lingua) □ (leg.) Queen's evidence ► evidence □ (leg.) the Queen's peace, l'ordine pubblico □ (edil.) queen post, monaco □ the queen regent, la reggente ( del trono) □ queen regnant, regina regnante □ (polit.) the Queen's speech, il discorso della regina ( all'apertura del parlamento) □ ( arte) Queen's ware, ceramiche pregiate di colore bianco □ ( slang) drag queen, travestito □ (fam.) Queen Anne is dead, bella novità!; lo sanno anche i sassi! NOTE DI CULTURA: the Queen: ► monarchy.(to) queen /kwi:n/A v. t.B v. i.● (fam. spreg.) to queen it, darsi arie da regina; farla da padrona □ to queen it over sb., spadroneggiare su q. □ ( slang) to queen it up, fare la checca; vestire da checca.
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Chancery Division — [Chancery Division] (also Chancery) (in Britain) the section of the ↑High Court of Justice which deals mainly with commercial cases such as company law, ↑patents ( … Useful english dictionary
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Chancery — [[t]tʃɑ͟ːnsəri, tʃæ̱ns [/t]] N SING: also in N In Britain, the Chancery or Chancery Division is the Lord Chancellor s court, which is a division of the High Court of Justice … English dictionary
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chancery — [chan′sər ē, chän′sər ē] n. pl. chanceries [ME chancerie, var. of chancelerie: see CHANCELLERY] 1. a division of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales, presided over by the Lord High Chancellor of England 2. a court of equity 3. the laws … English World dictionary