court of equity
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“Because it is the unmaking of an agreement, rescission is an extreme remedy and should only be granted by a court of equity when it is ‘clearly warranted,’” the court wrote in the unsigned opinion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Said the court: "It is not in the interest of justice for this court of equity to order that she be kept alive against her will."
From Time Magazine Archive
From his chair next to Chief Justice Earl Warren, tiny, pince-nezed Felix Frankfurter observed: "A court of equity would not be beyond its powers to require that the bridge be restored."
From Time Magazine Archive
The conditions should be determined, the property should be divided by a court of equity, and the custody of the children given under regulations prescribed.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
No court of equity could hear such a case.
From The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike by W. F. Burns
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