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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXCHEQUER

n.exchek'er. In England, an ancient court of record, intended principally to collect and superintend the king's debts and duties or revenues, and so called from scaccharium, or from the same root, denoting a checkered cloth, which covers the table. In consists of two divisions: the receipt of the exchequer, which manages the royal revenue; and the judicial part, which is divided into a court of law and a court of equity. The court of equity is held in the exchequer chamber, before the lord treasurer, the chancellor of the exchequer, the chief baron and three inferior barons. The common law court is held before the barons, without the treasurer or chancellor.
Exchequer-bills, in England, bills for money, or promissory bills, issued from the exchequer; a species of paper currency emitted under the authority of the government and bearing interest.

 

EXCHEQUER

v.t.To institute a process against a person in the court of exchequer.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXCHEQUER

Ex *cheq "uer, n. Etym: [OE. escheker, OF. eichekier, fr. LL. scaccarium. See Checker, Chess, Check. ]

 

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

 

Note: The exchequer was a court of law and equity. In the revenue department, it had jurisdiction over the proprietary rights of the crown against subjects; in the common law department, it administered justice in personal actions between subject and subject. A person proceeding against another in the revenue department was said to exchequer him. The judges of this court were one chief and four puisne barons, so styled. The Court of Exchequer Chamber sat as court of error in which the judgments of each of the superior courts of common law, in England, were subject to revision by the judges of the other two sitting collectively. Causes involving difficult questions of law were sometimes after argument, adjourned into this court from the other courts, for debate before judgment in the court below. Recent legislation in England (188 ) has abolished the Court of Exchequer and the Court of Exchequer Chamber, as distinct tribunals, a single board of judiciary, the High Court of Justice, being established for the trial of all classes of civil cases. Wharton.

 

2. 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. Barons of the exchequer. See under Baron. -- Chancellor of the exchequer. See under Chancellor. -- Exchequer bills or bonds (Eng. ), bills of money, or promissory bills, issued from the exchequer by authority of Parliament; a species of paper currency emitted under the authority of the government, and bearing interest.

 

EXCHEQUER

Ex *cheq "uer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exchequered; p. pr. & vb. n.Exchequering.]

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

exchequer

ex cheq uer |eksˈCHekər, iks- ɪksˈtʃɛkər | ▶noun a royal or national treasury. • (Exchequer ) Brit. the bank account into which tax receipts and other public monies are paid; the funds of the British government. • (Exchequer ) Brit. historical the former government office responsible for collecting revenue and making payments on behalf of the sovereign, auditing official accounts, and trying legal cases relating to revenue. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French eschequier, from medieval Latin scaccarium ‘chessboard, ’ from scaccus (see check 1 ). The original sense was ‘chessboard. ’ Current senses derive from the department of state established by the Norman kings of England to deal with the royal revenues, named Exchequer from the checkered tablecloth on which accounts were kept by means of counters. The spelling was influenced by Latin ex- ‘out ’ (see ex 1 ). Compare with chequer .

 

Oxford Dictionary

exchequer

exchequer |ɪksˈtʃɛkə, ɛks- | ▶noun a royal or national treasury. • ( Exchequer ) Brit. the account at the Bank of England in which is held the Consolidated Fund, into which tax receipts and other public monies are paid. • ( Exchequer ) Brit. historical the former government office responsible for collecting revenue and making payments on behalf of the sovereign, auditing official accounts, and trying legal cases relating to revenue. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French eschequier, from medieval Latin scaccarium ‘chessboard ’, from scaccus (see check 1 ). The original sense was ‘chessboard ’. Current senses derive from the Norman department of state dealing with the royal revenues, named Exchequer from the chequered tablecloth on which accounts were kept by means of counters. The spelling was influenced by Latin ex- ‘out ’ (see ex 1 ). Compare with chequer .

 

Duden Dictionary

Exchequer

Ex che quer Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ɪksˈtʃɛkɐ |das Exchequer; Genitiv: des Exchequer französisch -englisch Schatzamt, Staatskasse in Großbritannien

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

exchequer

ex cheq uer /ɪkstʃékə r , eks- /名詞 1 ｟英 ｠〖the E-; 単複両扱い 〗大蔵省 .2 U 〖時にan ～〗国庫, 公庫 .3 U ｟おどけて ｠〖時にan ～〗(個人 団体などの )資産, 資力 .