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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Example Sentences

“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

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.

From New York Times

Only these days, it’s librarians themselves who often lament what the Detroit reporter called “a tragedy enacted in this little court of equity.”

From Slate

The essential problem is that there is, a I’ve explained before a number of times, no Court of Equity in international law.

From Forbes

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.”

From Forbes