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r.,fic~s in ti" 6ift of rhe c:ov.'o nod. r ~" I. , J'""r, ;n
the king'$ books; anel he 's i"l'c,¡ke¡ 01' lh o IltIule of
lords, See PARL IAME NT,
CHANCElLOR o/a co/h"J,·.', an ollieer tI" l 11<','" ·Id ·
[.)OS and Iecqures read in tite ehu reh, ei lher ~y IlImldl'
"r hi, vicar ; 10 eorre,q and let right lhe rcader whco
he rC:lds amil~; to infpt"(,(l rchooh ; tn hear c,Hlfes ;
apply th. I"al; wrile and ,:irp"l' h lhe IcltCl'$ of lile
ehapter; ke, p the bool:s; tah care tI:,'1 there be
frequent preaehing$, bOlh in the ehurch anu out of it ;
and al[¡gn the ofliee 01' pre.chillg to ",hum he plcafLS.
CHA NCiLLOR .(JI,< ¿,,/eh, o( l.anrajl,.r, an oJli en "P'
pOlOted chielly tO determi ne eOllrro"crfics betwcen. lh,!
klllg antl his lenants of the dlllchy·land, ,md o:hu·
\'. ¡le tu du cél al! lhe king's :drairs lh.longlllg tO tn.H
CuUrt. Sc~ Ol"T CHY·"( ·lr/.
e IlANCE!.LOR ,( tb_ txcf ,q"!r, . n ollicer \\'ho pr,·
fie'es in lhat court , .nti t, kes eare "!' lhe intmll of
the crOwn .
He i, always in eommiOioo ",ilh th, lord.lreafu rer,
for the Irtting of erolVn·1.1nds, (J,' , and has pl"'<'r,
with others, to compound Inr f(lrfeittll t$ of I::I.n\:5, up–
on penal llatutcs: He h.. al f" great authorilY "' ",. na·
~Ing the royal rev, oucs, and in l11att"rs rclottng tO the
tirf\-[rui".
CH,"CrLLOR o[ lf', ortl, ,. o( tA',~o,.ttr, "lid othu mi·
litilTJI orden , is ·;Jn oflin:r \\'ho fcals th(· commiOillns
and .mand,res of the c1"'plcr ,,,'Uallombly 01 t h~
knighlS, keeps the rcgil1cr of thei r proceedings, aod
d:livers aél. therror ulIder the fo,tI of titei r o,,1er.
CIIA~CELLOR otan ulliucrJi/Y, i. he \Vho feals the oi·
plomas, Or lettcrs of Jcgree!, proviGon, &c. gi\Cll in
tite unil'eriity .
The eh,nccl lo' of O.f,'rrl is ufually one or the prime
nobility, rho!'n b\' the !luuen" themfdves in eonvo·
ration. He is th~" ehief magiHrate; his "Ihee is, duo
ran/e l,jta, to go\'crn rhe llnivn liry, pre(ervc ílno ne·
f~nd its " ghts aod privilrges, con, oke aOemblies, ~nd
do jnHiec among the mcmhm nnder his jurifdiétion.
Under the eh,ncellor is the viee·chlnetllor, ",ha i,
chofcn annually, b~ing nomin.ted by ,he cb'II1eel lor,
ano e1eéled "Ythe un:vrrc,ty in eonroeation: \-le is al–
ways tbe h" rl of fome colkgr, and iA holy orders.
His prcper ofliee is ro exer.ute the ehaneellor's \,oll'or"
to govern the unil'erlity aecording to her lt2tutes, 10
fee that oRieers 'no (\udents do their dttty, th.t couns
be duly ealied, 6 c. When he enters upoo his oRiee,.
he chufes fou r pro·viee·ehanccllors out 01' the heads
of the colleges, tOe'feme his pOIVrr in his abreoce.
'fhe ehaneellor of Cambridge is.alfo ufually one of
the prime nobi lity, anrl in mua refpséls the fame ,as
thar io Oxford; ooly Le Jo"~ not hol<l h;s ofli", du·
ra,,/, vito, bUl may be eleélf:t1 elcry th ree years. Un·
oer the ehaneellor there is a eom:niff"ry, II'ho holds'
a enur! of record for all privi leged per(ons , nd feho·
lars unrle r the degree vf m:tflcr of ,.ns, \Vhere all
eauf" are trico a~d dmrmined by the civil aud 11.·
tute 1.'0", and Ly the eullom of lhe univerfi lY.
'fhe vice·chaneellor of Camb, idge i, eholen an~u·
all y, by the fenate, out of tIVO perrons nominilreu by
the beads of the f<l'ml collf'ges and hall.
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CH ,~NC'ER:Y, the grand court of c9uir,' ;Ird con(,i",c(,
inllitureJ lO mode"te the rigou r cf the o!r,er L01'I"
that ~re bouno to the f1riél !.ctter úf the la;\> ,
The jurifdlélion of thi, eou r! is 01' ttl " kioos, or>;·
\1:lry or Icg ti, Rod extraordin,ry or abrolutc. Thc
jurifdi(lion is tha[ IVhenin the hrd·chaoeel·
lor, who is judge 01 lhis eOllrt, in his proeecding and
j ud~n1Cnt, lS b¡¡und 10 oble"e the ol,\er and Olethod
of the common law; in f"oh e,¡fes the proecedinr,s,
which ",ere (orrilerly in Latin, but nolV iDEngltlh, are
fi l,ti or entllll,¡\ io the retly-bac·ollice; and the ex·
traordillary, or unlimiteo power, is tlm juri(dietioo
which the coun r'(errifl'~ in cafes (lf equit)', whcrcin
"Iief is to be had by bill aod .nflVer,
Thc nrdi oary eo~rt holds pica of reeogni.anecs 'c.
kno" ledged in tbe eh::neery, IVrilS of Fi,.,/arioJ fl'r
repeal of lhe kir,~'s !ll1ers·p"t,nt. t e. ,1(0 of ,11 pel–
fonal ,élions hy or ag, inll aoy olneer of' the eOllrt,
ano of fevcr,l offence; and eaules by aél of padiam,nt ;
all origin,,] wr;", eOOll11ilflons of bankrup", t>f ehari·
t,bl~ ules., otO ideots, luoae)', 6c. ar,' ili'ued henee.
T !ll' n traoldi n"y cOU r! gives rdie( for 2nu agatnfl
iofan", notll'ilhllanding their Olioority ; (or aod a:
gllnll marricd womrn, nOl\l'ilhnanoing thei r ol'er·
tlI",. AII (,,,uds aod der.eits, foc IVhich there is no
red r& al cc'n,mon lal<' ; all brcaehes oí trult, eonfi·
dances and ttccidC'llts, ~s to rCnl\'(: Ohltg()TS, mOrlga–
gors, &c, a~iliorll'en" It;cs an.l f,,,feirll'es, where the
inte'ntion IV"S to ray the lk~t , are h:'re remedittl,
Bllt io all caf<s tlher. rhe plaotilf can have his remedy
at Ia\\', he ought tU he relirl'e<l in eh~neery ; 'all~1
a Ihlng which m2 y he tried by a jnry, is not triabit in
this ('onrt.
T he eou n of ehaoc,,\' IVill not retain a [,it for aoy
thing undrr Irn púu~~s '"a¡'h!, C>iC('l" in c:tfés of chao
rity, nor for 12n<ls. er, under fort)' 1IlIIIings re,. anJl ,
In this comt ,11 patrnts, IM!I lons of eommiflions,
dceds btlWtCn pani"s louehing land$ aoel .Oalcs, trra.
ries with foreign p,i n"es, 6c. are fediLd and eorolleu.
Om (,f it are ifl'ued wri t$ tO eool ene the p"liamen!
and cooroca lioo, proctanliltions ami chartrrs, te. For
the (("I'eral ollicers bd onglng tU ,he cour! ol' ehaneer)' ,
fee the articles !lJ ASTER a[ tht ,..,,,, MASTER! iTl
Chll//crl'l, Cr..f. RK, 6c .
CHANDELI EH, in fortificatioo, a kind of moveable
paraper, eonfifling of a wooden frame, made of t\l'()
upri'gh't !Iakcs, aho"t fix feet hir,h, with crofs planks
b~[\~een them; ferving to fuppon fafeines to eover the
plomers,
CH ANNEL, in ~eo~rapll)', 'n arm of the fea, or a
narrow fta bctwet'n fWO COlltlntnts, or hetwct'n a con–
tinent and an iO:\no. Sueh are the Rritilh ,
Sr George's ehanocl, the ehanocl uf ConHantinople,
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CH .~NT¡LLY, a l'ill;.~e in Franee, ,boll! feven leagms
from Pari" where there is a magnifiel'llt palaee .nd
fine foreH beloo~ing 10 the dllke of BOllrbon.
CH ANTOR • finger in the ehoi, of a e,llhedral. 1'he
worJ is ,lm011 grown ohrc,lete, char'JIe,. (>t /il!g;":g.
",a" bciog commonly ufed ¡,,(lead of it. AI I gr«.t
chal'tCl'S