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Court of Exchequer One of the three courts of common law into which the curia regis was divided (the others being the Court of Queen’s Bench and the Court of Common Pleas) whose jurisdiction was merged into that of the High Court by the Judicature Acts 1873–75. It became the Exchequer Division, which in 1880 merged into the Queen’s Bench Division. The judges of the Exchequer were known as Barons. |