The Six Clerks Office
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
An old name for the Court of Chancery because there were six highly paid clerks connected with it.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “The Six Clerks Office” mean?
An old name for the Court of Chancery because there were six highly paid clerks connected with it.
Is “The Six Clerks Office” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.