CHANCELLOR

In ·American law, this is the name given in some states to the judge (oi the presiding judge) or a court or chancery. In England, besides being the designation of the chief judge of the court of chancery, the term is used as the title of several judicial officers attached to bishops or other high dignitaries and to the universities. (See infra.) In Scotch practice, it denotes the foreman of an a ise or jury. -Chancellor of a cathedral. In English ecclesiastical law. On.e of the quatuor pen a~ [s. 195]