CHANGE

1. An alteration; substitu- tion of one thing for another. This word does not connote either improvement or deteriora- tion as a result. In this respect it differs from amendment, which, in law, always im- ports a change for the better. 2. Exchange of money against money of a different denomination. Also small coin. Also an abbreviation of exchange.

(194) 1. In American law, equity; a court of equity; the court of the chancellor. In the United States, the terms "equity" and "court of equity" are more commonly used than "chancery" and "court of chancery," there being in most of the States no distinct court of chancery, equity jurisdiction being exercised in courts having both legal and equitable powers. In some States, however, distinct and separate courts of chancery are established, over which a chancellor presides; these are properly called "courts of chancery." In those of the states which have adopted codes of practice, all distinctions between actions at law and suits in equity are abolished, and the courts apply the rules of either system most adapted to the circumstances of the particular case. 2. High Court of Chancery. - In England, before the Judicature Acts came into operation, the chancery consisted of two courts, and a number of offices. The Court of Equity, or the equity side of the Court of Chancery, which is generally meant by the expression "Court of Chancery," was the principal court in which that part of the law of England known as equity was enforced. It consisted of four judges of first instance, namely, the master of the rolls (q. v.), and three vice-chancellors (q. v.), and a court of appeal, consisting of the lord chancellor and two lords justices (q. v.) Not only did the law administered in the Court of Chancery differ from that recognized in the courts of common law, but it had also a different procedure. See SUIT; BILL OF COMPLAINT; PETITION; MATTER. 3. Chancery Division.-By the Judicature Acts the Court of Chancery has been merged in the Supreme Court of Judicature, and its practice altered; but its judges of first instance form a separate division of the high court, namely, the chancery division, which retains most of the business which was formerly within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery; and in many of its details the practice in chancery proceedings remains the same as before. The chancery division also retains many of the various offices and officers attached to the Court of Chancery, while others have been abolished. See CHIEF CLERK; EQUITY; INQUIRY; MASTER; RECORD AND WRIT CLERK; REGIS- - One which is either drawn abroad or payable abroad, or both. It is commonly drawn in parts, and is made payable, in England, after a usance or usances, and not after so many days, weeks, or months. Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands are deemed to be within the kingdom and not abroad. (19 and 20 Vict. c. 97, 87.) In America, a bill drawn in one State and payable in another is a foreign bill (2 Pet. (U. S.) 586), as well as one drawn without the United States, or drawn within, on some person residing without the Uhited States. FOREIGN BILL OF EXCHANGE, (what is). 10 Pet. (U. S.) 572; 12 Id. 54; 6 Mass. 157; 12 Pick. (Mass.) 483; 15 Wend. (N. Y.) 527; 20 Id. 81; 1 Const. (S. C.) 100; 1 Hill (S. C.) 44; 4 Leigh (Va.) 37; 2 Wheel. Am. C. L. 182. (what is not). 19 Johns. (N. Y.) 378. FOREIGN BILLS, (note payable in). 4 Mass. 245; 6 Id. 188. FOREIGN BOUGHT AND SOLD.- A custom in London, which, being found prejudicial to sellers of cattle in Smithfield, was abolished.-Jacob. FOREIGN COINS.-Coins issued as money under the authority of a foreign government. As to their valuation in the United States, see U. S. Rev. Stat., 88 3564, 3565. FOREIGN

See ALTER; FUNDAMENTAL; PARTY, 2; VENUE. 'CHANGE. See EXCHANGE, 3.

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance. Therefore will I change their glory into shame. Hosea. iv. 7. To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention. They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse! Peele. To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another. Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, change thy fortune and condition. Jer. Taylor. Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill. He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it. Goldsmith. To change a horse, or To change hand (Man.), to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from the left to right, or from the right to the left. -- To change hands, to change owners. -- To change one's tune, to become less confident or boastful. [Colloq.] -- To change step, to take a break in the regular succession of steps, in marching or walking, as by bringing the hollow of one foot against the heel of the other, and then stepping off with the foot which is in advance.

To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better. For I am Lord, I change not. Mal. iii. 6. To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.

Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles. Apprehensions of a change of dynasty. Hallam. All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Job xiv. 14. A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons. Our fathers did for change to France repair. Dryden. The ringing grooves of change. Tennyson. A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon. Alteration in the order of a series; permutation. That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another. Thirty change (R.V. changes) of garments. Judg. xiv. 12. Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due. A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions. [Colloq. for Exchange.] A public house; an alehouse. [Scot.] They call an alehouse a change. Burt. Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing. Holder. Change of life, the period in the life of a woman when menstruation and the capacity for conception cease, usually occurring between forty-five and fifty years of age. -- Change ringing, the continual production, without repetition, of changes on bells, See def. 9. above. -- Change wheel (Mech.), one of a set of wheels of different sizes and number of teeth, that may be changed or substituted one for another in machinery, to produce a different but definite rate of angular velocity in an axis, as in cutting screws, gear, etc. -- To ring the changes on, to present the same facts or arguments in variety of ways.

To become something different. | To make something into something else. | To replace. | To replace one's clothing. | To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone). | To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.) | To exchange. | To change hand while riding (a horse).

The process of becoming different. | Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination. | A replacement. | Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase. | An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money. | A transfer between vehicles. | A change-up pitch. | Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. | A public house; an alehouse.