a court with jurisdiction in equity
an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity.
With the head of an antagonist under one's arm, so that one can pommel it with the other fist at will.