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A chancery or chancellery (Latin: cancellaria) is a medieval writing office, responsible for the production of official documents. [1] The title of chancellor , for the head of the office, came to be held by important ministers in a number of states, and remains the title of the heads of government in modern Germany and Austria .
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain: the present Clerk of the Crown is the head of the Crown Office, which has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has certain administrative functions, specially in relation to the preparation of royal documents such as warrants required to pass under the royal sign-manual, fiats, letters patent, etc.
The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain is a senior civil servant who is the head of the Crown Office.. The Crown Office, a section of the Ministry of Justice, has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has certain administrative functions in connection with the courts and the judicial process, as well as functions relating to the electoral process for House of Commons ...
The Crown Office in Chancery is a section of the Ministry of Justice (formerly the Lord Chancellor's Department).It has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has certain administrative functions in connection with the courts and the judicial process, as well as functions relating to the electoral process for House of Commons elections, to the keeping of the Roll of the Peerage, and to ...
The Clerk of the Chamber is a position within the Crown Office, a section of the Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom. It is nowadays held by the Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery . [ 1 ]
The offices of Clerk of the Hanaper and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery were originally separate but came to be held by the same person in the seventeenth century and were later formally merged. [9] From 1888 the holder was ex officio secretary to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. [9] In the early centuries, the Clerk was often a qualified lawyer.
Chancery (medieval office), responsible for the production of official documents; Chancery (Scotland), the keeper of the Quarter Seal, a senior position in the legal system of Scotland; Diocesan chancery, administration branch in the official government of a Catholic or Anglican diocese; Apostolic Chancery, an office of the Roman Curia
Taylor is known to have left office by 1660, having been paid on 29 September 1659. Following the restoration of the monarchy, Willis was recognized as Clerk of the Crown in April 1660. [3] This marked the last time the office of Clerk of the Commonwealth was used, restoring back to its original name of Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. [citation ...