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Exchequer

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(1):

(n.) One of the superior courts of law; - so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table.

(2):

(n.) The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low.

(3):

(v. t.) To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Exchequer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/exchequer.html. 1828.
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