Court of Chancery

( Amer. Law.) A court of general equity jurisdiction. Separate courts of C. or equity exist in a few of the States; in others, the courts of law sit also as courts of equity; in others, equitable relief is administered under the forms of the common law; and in others, the distinction between law and "(I give) my courtship to an university." -Donne. Court-yard, n. A court or inclosure round a house. Cous-cous, ( köös - köös ,) n. A kind of nourishing food, used in Eastern countries for fattening women, to give them that degree of embonpoint which is admired by Oriental taste. Cousin, (kur'n,) n. [Fr. cousin; Lat. consanguine us con, and sanguis, blood.] The son or daughter of an uncle or aunt; a kinsman or blood-relation. (In the plural , the children of brothers and sisters.) "O radiant cousin !" - Shaks. -A title of courtesy given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the privy-council. "My noble lords and cousins , all, good morrow."-Shaks.