Exchequer

in Great Britain the department which deals with the moneys received and paid on behalf of the public services of the country. The. ublic revenues are paid into the _—, of England (or of Ireland) to account of the exchequer, and these receipts as well as the nece ary payments for the public service are under the supervision of an important official called the controller and auditor-genera]. the payments being granted by him on receipt of the proper orders proceeding through the treasury. The public accounts are also audited in his department, Exchequer, Court of, an ancient English court of record, established by William the Conqueror, and intended principally for the care and collection of the royal revenues. It was one of the supreme courts of common law, and is said to derive its name from the chequered cloth, resembling a che -board, on which the sums were marked and scored with counters, The judges of this court were the chief baron and five junior or puisne barons. This court has been merged in the High Court of Justice. In Canada there is a Court of Bxchequer for the Dominion.