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Chancellor

A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Principal 76% connected

Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government…

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Chancellorship 74% connected

The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.

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Chancellorship 74% connected

The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.

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Premier 92% connected

First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister.

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Academy noun · 78% connection

a school for special training

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someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

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a room in a school where lessons take place

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Establishment noun · 78% connection

an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

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Head teacher noun · 78% connection

the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

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an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

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someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

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Appeal noun · 78% connection

(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decis…

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Appearance noun · 78% connection

The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, ei…

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case law noun · 78% connection

a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of Eng…

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Certiorari noun · 78% connection

A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in…

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Chancery noun · 78% connection

In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; b…

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Circuit noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different lo…

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common law noun · 78% connection

a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of Eng…

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Court of chancery noun · 78% connection

a court with jurisdiction in equity

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Court of domestic relations noun · 78% connection

a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)

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Crossbill unknown · 78% connection

A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.

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Domestic relations court noun · 78% connection

a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)

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Dover's Powder unknown · 78% connection

A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States)…

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East noun · 78% connection

Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly, the…

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Equitable adjective · 78% connection

That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitabl…

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Equity noun · 78% connection

An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc.

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Family court noun · 78% connection

a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)

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High court noun · 78% connection

the highest court in most states of the United States

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Hustings n. pl. · 78% connection

A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to…

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