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n.The body of cases and matters that are appropriate for hearing in equity.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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equity jurisdiction — A broad and flexible jurisdiction to grant remedial relief where justice and good conscience demands it, but without purporting to create rights, being limited to determining what rights the parties have and whether or in what manner it is just… … 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
jurisdiction — ju·ris·dic·tion /ˌju̇r əs dik shən/ n [Latin jurisdictio, from juris, genitive of jus law + dictio act of saying, from dicere to say] 1: the power, right, or authority to interpret, apply, and declare the law (as by rendering a decision) to be… … Law dictionary
equity court — n: a court with equity jurisdiction: court of equity Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
equity — Justice administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law. It is based on a system of rules and principles which originated in England as an alternative to the harsh rules of common law and which… … Black's law dictionary
equity — Justice administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law. It is based on a system of rules and principles which originated in England as an alternative to the harsh rules of common law and which… … Black's law dictionary
jurisdiction — A term of comprehensive import embracing every kind of judicial action. Federal Land Bank of Louisville, Ky. v. Crombie, 258 Ky. 383, 80 S.W.2d 39, 40. It is the power of the court to decide a matter in controversy and presupposes the existence… … Black's law dictionary
jurisdiction — A term of comprehensive import embracing every kind of judicial action. Federal Land Bank of Louisville, Ky. v. Crombie, 258 Ky. 383, 80 S.W.2d 39, 40. It is the power of the court to decide a matter in controversy and presupposes the existence… … Black's law dictionary
equity is not vague and uncertain but has fixed boundaries and limits — The Latin form of the statement is aequitas non vaga atque incerta est, sed terminos habet atque limites praefinitas. But a want of equity jurisdiction is not inferred from the novelty of the question. The fact that there is no precedent for the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
jurisdiction in equity — See equity jurisdiction … Ballentine's law dictionary
