·vt To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.
II. Exchequer ·noun One of the superior courts of law;
— so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table.
III. Exchequer ·noun The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low.