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court of equity

noun

, Law.
  1. a court having jurisdiction in equity or administering justice in accordance with the principles of equity.


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Example Sentences

It is known as a court of equity, rather than a court of law, because it allows for more flexible resolutions than the law formally provides.

It is known as a court of equity, rather than a court of law, because it allows for more flexible resolutions than the law formally provides.

Only these days, it’s librarians themselves who often lament what the Detroit reporter called “a tragedy enacted in this little court of equity.”

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The essential problem is that there is, a I’ve explained before a number of times, no Court of Equity in international law.

From Forbes

A court of equity is one where you can go and simply say “Look, it doesn’t matter what the law is, this is just infair. We demand justice.”

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