Legal Definition and Related Resources of Exchequer
Meaning of Exchequer
The department of the British government in charge of public revenue .
Exchequer Alternative Definition
(Law Lat. scaccamim; Norman Fr. eschequier). In English law. A department of the government which has the management of the collection of the king’s revenue. The name is said to be derived from the chequered cloth which covered the table on which some of the king’s accounts were made up, and the amounts indicated by counters. It consists of two divisions, one for the receipt of revenue, the other for administering justice. 4 Inst. 103-116 ; 3 Bl. Comm. 44, 45. See “Court of Exchequer”; “Court of Exchequer Chamber.”
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English Legal System: Exchequer
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Exchequer :
The department within Government that receives and controls the national revenue.
See chancellor of the exchequer; Court of Exchequer.
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