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Definition of Exchequer
Exchequer

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

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.

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

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Exchequer Translations

exchequer in French is fisc
exchequer in German is Kasse, Fiskus
exchequer in Italian is forziere
exchequer in Spanish is fisco
exchequer in Swedish is skattkammare


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