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Definition of Exchequer |
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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. Related Definitions: Against, And, Any, As, Called, Charge, Checkered, Cloth, Collection, Company, Court, Covered, Department, Exchequer, Formerly, From, General, Having, Hence, In, Institute, Is, Law, Low, Management, Of, One, Or, Pecuniary, Process, Revenue, Royal, So, State, Superior, Table, The, To, Treasury, Which |
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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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