VICE-CHANCELLOR
\vˈa͡ɪst͡ʃˈansɛlə], \vˈaɪstʃˈansɛlə], \v_ˈaɪ_s_tʃ_ˈa_n_s_ɛ_l_ə]\
Definitions of VICE-CHANCELLOR
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In English law. A judge of the court of chancery, acting as assistant to the lord chancellor, and holding a separate court, from whose judgment an appeal lay to the chancellor. 3 Steph. Comm. 418.
By Henry Campbell Black
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n. A judge in Chancery, subordinate to the Lord Chancellor, but sitting in a separate court—there are now three, the highest of which is called Vice-Chancellor of England ;— an officer in a university in England, annually elected to manage affairs in the absence of the Chancellor.
