in chancery



in chancery

1. Literally, in a court of chancery, which is the Lord Chancellor's court (in the UK) or a court of equity (in the US). I'm in chancery today, waiting for the decision in our case to be announced.
2. Faced with a hopeless or challenging situation. I'm in chancery here, trying to fix my car on the side of the road with no clue what to do!

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Eivind-Norwegian
SØRenSUU-renDanish, Norwegian
Karol['kærəl]
Petru-Romanian, Corsican, Old Church Slavic
GeorgiaJOR-jə (English)English, Greek
Reinoud-Dutch