Chancery

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The term chancery can refer to:

• the office building in which a diplomatic mission (e.g., an embassy) is housed or its administrative, not strictly diplomatic staff.
• a chancery court or court of equity, including:
  • in England and Wales, historically, the Court of Chancery
  • the Delaware Court of Chancery
• ecclesiastical administrative offices at different levels:
  • formerly, the Pope's Apostolic Chancery (an office of the Roman Curia).
  • a bishop's diocesan chancery.

[edit] See also

• Chancellery

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