Chancer

To adjust according to principles of equity, as would be done by a court of chancery.

Cent Diet

The practice indicated by the word arose in parts of New England at a time when the courts had no equity jurisdiction, and were sometimes compelled to act upon equitable principles; as by restraining the enforcement of the penalty of a bond beyond what was equitable. In Inhabitants of Machiasport v. Small, 77 Me. 109, and Lewiston v. Gagne, 89 Me. 395, 36 Atl. 629, 56 Am. St. Rep. 432, bonds were "chancered" after judgment had been entered for the penalty. The court will "chancer" a bond upon a writ of scire facias; Colt v. Eaton, 1 Root (Conn.) 524; a court of bankruptcy may "chancer" a bond given for the release of a bankrupt; In re Appel, 163 Fed. 1002, 90 C. C. A. 172, 20