Equitable remedies are judicial remedies developed by courts of equity from about the time of Henry VIII to provide more flexible responses to changing...

jurisdictions, the law of remedies distinguishes between a legal remedy (e.g. a specific amount of monetary damages) and an equitable remedy (e.g. injunctive relief...

An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a special court order compelling a party to do or refrain from doing certain acts. It was developed...

this lack of fusion meant it was still not possible to receive an equitable remedy for a purely common law wrong. Judicial or academic reasoning which...

Specific performance is an equitable remedy in the law of contract, in which a court issues an order requiring a party to perform a specific act, such...

generally considered a statutory remedy and not an equitable remedy in the United States, and is thus not subject to equitable requirements, though there are...

equitable interest is a right in equity that may be protected by an equitable remedy. This concept exists only in systems influenced by the common law (as...

be entitled to the equitable remedy of specific performance (although not always, see below). If he is successful in seeking a remedy at law, he is entitled...

loss as a result of a defendant's actions) who requests a legal remedy or equitable remedy from a court. The defendant is required to respond to the plaintiff's...

authorizing only equitable relief. In Kansas v. Nebraska, 574 U.S. 445 (2015), the Supreme Court ordered restitution by Nebraska as an equitable remedy for breach...

States Supreme Court case in which the Court struck down—as beyond the equitable remedies authorized by Congress—a preliminary injunction used to freeze the...

In trust law, a constructive trust is an equitable remedy imposed by a court to benefit a party that has been wrongfully deprived of its rights due to...

a remedy whereby a court orders a change in a written document to reflect what it ought to have said in the first place. It is an equitable remedy, and...

litigation, it is an equity defense, that is, a defense to a claim for an equitable remedy. It is often understood in comparison to a statute of limitations,...

Tracing ordinarily facilitates an equitable remedy, and is subject to the usual limitations and bars on equitable remedies in common law countries. In many...

hands doctrine, is an equitable defense in which the defendant argues that the plaintiff is not entitled to obtain an equitable remedy because the plaintiff...

In contract law, rescission is an equitable remedy which allows a contractual party to cancel the contract. Parties may rescind if they are the victims...

financial obligations and is said to be insolvent. The receivership remedy is an equitable remedy that emerged in the English chancery courts, where receivers...

but can also arise by statute or by agreement. Subrogation is an equitable remedy, having first developed in the English Court of Chancery. It is a familiar...

(law) Equitable remedy Equitable servitude Equitable distribution Equitable tolling Equitable conversion Equitable ownership (beneficiary) Equitable score...

as an accounting for profits or simply an accounting) is a type of equitable remedy most commonly used in cases of breach of fiduciary duty. It is an action...

precluded from asserting a specific claim. Estoppel is traditionally an equitable doctrine. Accordingly, it is sometimes said that any person wishing to...

bankruptcy, which is more favourable to creditors. Receivership is another equitable remedy for a spendthrift, by which a state-court-appointed trustee or attorney...

and the trustee. A constructive trust is imposed by the law as an "equitable remedy". This generally occurs due to some wrongdoing, where the wrongdoer...

an equitable remedy. This consideration expresses to the court whether money should be awarded or a court order should be decreed. "Adequate remedy at...

edition of American Jurisprudence states that: Disgorgement is an equitable remedy designed to deter future violations of the securities laws and to deprive...

Supreme court observed, as an equitable remedy, the prejudice to the defendant must be considered before application of equitable tolling. The court expressed...

dates Criminal sentences Divorce decree Emergency protective order Equitable remedy Gag order Injunction Lawsuit rulings Restitution and unjust enrichment...

fact, the appropriate remedy may change. For example, a court may require specific performance (an equitable remedy) as a remedy for breach of contract...

property), a nonpossessory interest in land Account of profits, a type of equitable remedy in law (also known as an accounting) Profit (magazine), a Canadian...