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Meaning Of Exchequer
n.
One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a
checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table.
n.
The department of state having charge of the collection
and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and,
colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's
exchequer is low.
v. t.
To institute a process against (any one) in the Court
of Exchequer.