Lord Chancellor's Department
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The Lord Chancellor's Department was a United Kingdom government department. It was founded in 1885 as the Lord Chancellor's Office, to give the Lord Chancellor a staff answerable to him. It increased greatly in powers after the Courts Act, 1971.

In 2003 it was renamed the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Also see:

Courts Act 2003

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