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Exchequer
[eks-chek-er]
Etymology: Middle English escheker, from Anglo-French, chessboard, counting table, exchequer

1) The financial department of the royal government. The chief officers of the Exchequer are the Treasurer, the Chancellor and the Justiciar. Sheriffs, in their role as regional chief accountants, present reports to the exchequer at Easter and Michaelmas. (MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms)

2) A) Department for receiving and auditing Crown revenues; B) Court of law, dealing particularly with actions involving such revenues. (Sayles, George O. The King’s Parliament of England, 144)

*term definitions retrieved from Netserf’s Medieval Glossary (http://www.netserf.org/Glossary)

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