court of equity

American  

noun

Law.

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

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court of equity

“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

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

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

In all cases a quorum of foresters shall constitute a court of equity, and as many as may be strong enough to manage the matter in hand shall constitute a quorum.

From Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock

The latter, in fact, was a minor court of equity attached to the lord privy seal as the court of chancery was to the chancellor.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

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