court of equity

noun

Law.

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

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.

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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.

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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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"We are confident that no court of equity would let Vista and Goldman enjoy windfalls on account of a reckless share count error while Tibco's shareholders needlessly suffer the loss of $100 million of the value of their company," he said.

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