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equity court — n: a court with equity jurisdiction: court of equity Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
equity court — See court of equity … Ballentine's law dictionary
court of equity — often cap C&E: a court having jurisdiction over suits in equity and administering justice and providing remedies according to the rules and principles of equity compare court of law ◇ Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure abolishes the… … Law dictionary
court — / kōrt/ n [Old French, enclosed space, royal entourage, court of justice, from Latin cohort cohors farmyard, armed force, retinue] 1 a: an official assembly for the administration of justice: a unit of the judicial branch of government the… … Law dictionary
Court of equity — See also: Court of Chancery A chancery court, equity court or court of equity is a court that is authorized to apply principles of equity, as opposed to law, to cases brought before it. These courts began with petitions to the Lord Chancellor of… … Wikipedia
Court of Requests — The Court of Requests was a minor equity court in England and Wales. Created at an unknown date, it first became a formal tribunal with some Privy Council elements under Henry VII, hearing cases from the poor and the servants of the King. It… … Wikipedia
equity — A term having a variety of meanings. The mitigating principles, by the application of which substantial justice may be attained in particular cases wherein the prescribed or customary forms of ordinary law seem to be inadequate. A complex system… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Court — For other uses, see Court (disambiguation). A trial at the Old Bailey in London as drawn by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin for Ackermann s Microcosm of London (1808 11). A court is a form of tribunal, often a governmental institution, with… … Wikipedia
equity acts in personam — A maxim in equity. The Latin form, aequitas agit in personam. Schmaltz v York Mfg. Co. 204 Pa 1, 53 A 522. Equity deals primarily with the person, and usually only through him with the res. Atlantic Seaboard Natural Gas Co. v Whitten, 315 Pa 529 … Ballentine's law dictionary
equity — eq·ui·ty / e kwə tē/ n pl ties [Latin aequitat aequitas fairness, justice, from aequus equal, fair] 1 a: justice according to fairness esp. as distinguished from mechanical application of rules prompted by considerations of equity comity between… … Law dictionary
