A court of equity, also known as an equity court or chancery court, is a court authorized to apply principles of equity rather than principles of law...

were developed by the English Court of Chancery and other courts that administer equity jurisdiction, including the law of trusts. Although the most fundamental...

the field of jurisprudence, equity is the particular body of law, developed in the English Court of Chancery, with the general purpose of providing legal...

The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid a slow pace of change and possible harshness...

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are organizational frameworks which seek to promote the fair treatment and full participation of all people, particularly...

and land law in relation to issues of equity. It has specialist courts (the Patents Court and the Companies Court) which deal with patents and registered...

commercial activity. While the older common law courts dealt with questions of property title, equity courts dealt with contractual interests in property...

The Delaware Court of Chancery is a court of equity in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is one of Delaware's three constitutional courts, along with the...

probate court functions are performed by a chancery court or another court of equity, or as a part or division of another court. Probate courts administer...

Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873, solicitors practised in equity in the Court of Chancery, attorneys practised in the common law courts, and proctors...

The Exchequer of Pleas, or Court of Exchequer, was a court that dealt with matters of equity, a set of legal principles based on natural law and common...

chancery (equity) is tempered to dealing with voids (lacunae) in the common law, a principle regularly asserted in the courts of appeal i.e. "equity follows...

The Court of Requests was a minor equity court in England and Wales. It was instituted by King Richard III in his 1484 parliament. It first became a formal...

appeal by the son to the Court of Chancery (i.e. in the then sometimes conflicting domain of the law, the courts of equity) reinforced the determination...

The centumviral court (centumviri) was the chancery court (court of equity) of ancient Rome. It was a court of justice dealing with private law (what is...

mesne profits is often regulated by statute, but may be litigated in a court of equity. Mesne profits may be calculated, even though there may be no point...

Family courts were originally created to be a Court of Equity convened to decide matters and make orders in relation to family law, including custody of children...

a list of notable private equity firms. Each year Private Equity International publishes the PEI 300, a ranking of the largest private-equity firms by...

form of nisi prius. The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873, which merged judges of equity and common law competing systems into the Supreme Court of Judicature...

keep the property in satisfaction of the debt. The equity of redemption was the right to petition the courts of equity to compel the mortgagee to transfer...

and equity; to establish for all divisions of the new Supreme Court a uniform system of pleading and procedure; and to provide for the enforcement of the...

affairs of Delaware corporations are usually filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery, which is a separate court of equity, as opposed to a court of law....

(disambiguation), several uses Court of Chancery, the chief court of equity in England and Wales until 1873 Court of equity, or chancery court This disambiguation...

offences and appeals of the decisions of magistrates' courts. It is one of three Senior Courts of England and Wales. The Crown Court sits in around 92 locations...

of the legal system known as equity. In the United Kingdom, the Judicature Acts merged the courts of equity (historically based in England's Court of...

Court Square Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions. Court Square was originally a captive private equity...

grant the plaintiff's claim. Laches is associated with the maxim of equity: "Equity aids the vigilant" - not those who sleep on their rights. Put another...

Platinum Equity, LLC is an American private equity investment firm founded by Tom Gores in 1995, headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. The firm...

jurisdiction over the question of legal title, which belongs to the common law. The relationship between the courts of equity and the BFP is at root characterised...

charged with contempt of court. The injunction is an equitable remedy, that is, a remedy that originated in the English courts of equity. Like other equitable...