Equity

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

The system of jurisprudence which was designed to relieve from the hardships of the common law, in which equitable remedies are administered by courts of equity; good conscience; courts of equity; an equitable right, estate or interest. See 8 Misc. Rep. 484, 29 N. Y. Supp. 342.

Author: 
James A. Ballentine
Publisher: 
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Year Published: 
1916
Genre: 
Law Dictionary