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Woolsack :: Woolsack (n.) A sack or bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lord chancellor of England in the House of Lords, being a large, square sack of wool resembling a divan in form..

Certiorari :: Certiorari (n.) A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court..

Alight :: Alight (v. i.) To come or chance (upon).

Report :: Report (v. t.) An official statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads af departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body, and the like..

Light :: Light (v. i.) To come by chance; to happen; -- with on or upon; formerly with into.

Mischance :: Mischance (n.) Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap.

Welsher :: Welsher (n.) One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain horses and absconds with it..

Roulette :: Roulette (n.) A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game..

Faldistory :: Faldistory (n.) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.

Inn :: Inn (n.) One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers; as, the Inns of Court; the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns..

Aventure :: Aventure (n.) Accident; chance; adventure.

Interdict :: Interdict (n.) An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America..

Accidental :: Accidental (a.) Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit..

Hazard :: Hazard (n.) To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.

Lottery :: Lottery (n.) A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance..

Lazzaroni :: Lazzaroni (n. pl.) The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge..

Brief :: Brief (n.) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence..

Boom :: Boom (n.) A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee..

Chancellor :: Chancellor (n.) A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction..

Possibly :: Possibly (adv.) In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, by extreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or exercise of power; by a chance; perhaps; as, possibly he may recover..

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