Exchequer
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
Eng. law, is an ancient court of record, set up by William the conqueror. It is called exchequer from the chequed cloth, resembling a chess board, which covers the table there; 3 Bl. Com. 43; it consists of two divisions; the receipt of the exchequer, which manages the royal revenue; and the court, or judicial part of it, which. equity, and a court of common law.
Tb. 44.