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Significavit :: Significavit (n.) Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church..

Archchancellor :: Archchancellor (n.) A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court..

Grace :: Grace (n.) The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery.

Lot :: Lot (n.) That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

Chance :: Chance (v. i.) To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation..

Crossbill :: Crossbill () A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit..

Fortuitous :: Fortuitous (a.) Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms..

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

Casually :: Casually (adv.) Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.

Casualism :: Casualism (n.) The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance.

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..

Mischance :: Mischance (v. i.) To happen by mischance.

Hit :: Hit (n.) A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit..

Casual :: Casual (a.) Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance..

Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.

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

Draw :: Draw (n.) A lot or chance to be drawn.

Skunk :: Skunk (v. t.) In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king..

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..

Mischanceful :: Mischanceful (a.) Unlucky.

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