† chequer-chamber Obs.
1. The chamber devoted to the business of the royal exchequer; transf. treasury-room.
| 1494 Fabyan vii. 342 The Kyng..yode into the Chekyr Chaumbre, and there satte hym downe. 1611 Coryat Crudities 449 A place where their Checker-chamber was for the safe keeping of the Roman treasure. |
2. A court of appellate jurisdiction deciding cases of doubtful law; = exchequer-chamber; the chamber in which this court sat.
| 1528 More Heresyes iii. Wks. 216/1 We might..make it a cheker chamber case. 1643 Herle Answ. Ferne 46 The major part of the Judges in the Chequer-chamber. a 1714 Burnet Own Time II. 66 That judge was one of those who delivered their judgment in the chequer-chamber against the ship-money. |