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Chancellor or chancellour (archaic) (Latin: cancellarius) is an official title used in countries whose civilization has arisen directly or indirectly out of the Roman Empire.[citation needed] At different times and in different countries it has stood for various duties and has been borne by officers of various degrees of dignity. Various governments have a chancellor who serves as some form of junior or senior minister. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the audience. A Chancellor's office is called a chancellery or chancery.

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