| Sir William Blackstone - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 686
...interpreting laws, by the reason of them, arises what we call equity ; which is thus defined by Grotius1", "the correction of that, wherein the law (by "reason of its universality) is deficient." For since [62] in laws all cases cannot be foreseen or expressed, it is necessary, that when the general... | |
| Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 492
...reasonings. " Equity," (says this author, vol. i. Introd. § 2.) " is " thus defined by Grotius, " The correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its universality, is deficient." — " Equity thus depending," (he adds), " essentially upon the particular circumstances of each '*... | |
| Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 482
...Equity," (says this author, vol. i. Introd. § 2.) " is " thus defined by Grotius, " The correc" tion of that wherein the law, by reason of ** its universality, is deficient." — " Equity " thus depending," (he adds), " essentially ** upon the particular circumstances of each... | |
| 1819 - عدد الصفحات: 792
...ne. cessary under all governments, for cor. rection, as our Blackstone expresses it after Grotius, ' of that wherein the law, by reason of its universality is deficient.' But in our constitution alone has the ad. vantage grown of a separation of the two powers ; limiting... | |
| 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 328
...recognizances, &c. against his body, lands, and goods. CHAPTER XV. Of Proceedings in the Courts of Equity. EQUITY, being the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its universality, is deficient, should not therefore interfere, where relief may be had by the ordinary course of law. u. JEquitas... | |
| Walter Hamilton - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 486
...Shair grass or Dutch rush. EUUITV. In Law, the rules of decision ohserved by the court of Chancery. 2. The correction of that wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is deficient. EQUIVALENTS. In Chemistry, certain quantities of two bodies, each sufficient to neutralize a third... | |
| Walter Hamilton - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 468
...Sttltir grass or Dutch rush. EQUITY. In Law, the rules of decision observed by the court of Chancery. 2. The correction of that wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is def,cient. EQUIVALENTS. In Chemistry, certain quantities of two bodies, each sufficient to neutralize... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 522
...Commonwealth. If equity, as applied to the construction of statutes by an eminent writer, means, " the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its universality, is deficient ;" or, as another de- 1826. fines it, " interpreting statutes by the reason of them," may be applied... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 518
...Commonwealth. If equity, as applied to the construction of statutes by an eminent writer, means, " the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its universality, is deficient ;" or, as another de- 1826. fines it, " interpreting statutes by the reason of ^^j^^ them," may be... | |
| William Blackstone - 1827 - عدد الصفحات: 916
...by the reason of them, arises "•• what we call equity ¡ which is thus defined by Grotius, (r) " eginning and first spring of an ancient and long-established * and customs which comp For, since in laws all cases cannot be foreseen or expressed, it is ne- [ 62 ] ! cessary that when... | |
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