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Ail. L. Fr. A grandfather. See Aieul,Ayle. ^^/^; a grandmother. L. Fr. Diet. -^QUITAS, Equitas. Lat. [from (xguus, equal, even.] Equity. Bract, fol. 3 a. Didtur aequitas quasi cequalitds; it is called equity, being as it were equality. Id. ibid. See Equity. Equitas est rerum convenientia, qucs in paribus causis, paria desiderat jura, et omnia bene coaquiparat; equity is the fitting together, or adjustment of things, which, under equal [the same] circumstances, requires equal [the same] rules, and properly equalizes all things. Id. ibid. This definition is quoted by Lord Coke, though with considerable verbal alteration. Co. Litt. 24 b. ^quitas est correctio legis genertditer lata, qud parte deficit; equity is the correction of a law passed in general terms, in the part where it is defective.* Plotod, 375. JBrnnch^s Princ. j Equitaa est correctio qucedam legi adhibita, quia ah ed abest allqudd propter generalem sins exceptione comprehensionem; equity is a certain correction applied to a law where something is wanting to it, on account of its general comprehensiveness making no exception. Id, j Equitas est per/ecta qucedam ratio qtuejus scriptum interpretatur et emendat; nulla seriptura oomprehensa, sed solum in verd ro- Hone consistens; equity is a certain perfect reason, which mterprets and amends the wntten law, comprehended in no writing, hut consisting in right reason alone. Co, Idtt. 24 b. JEquitas est verborum legis tuffieiens [efficacius] directio, qua una res solummodo cavetur verbis, ut omnis alia in (gquali genere, iisdem caveatur verbis; equity is the proper application of the words of the law, where one thing only is provided for in terms, in order that every other thing of the same kind may be provided for by those same words. Branch's Princ* Plotod. 467. j Bqnitas seqaitar l«ccm. Equity fo Uows law. Qilb. 136. Courts of equity must follow, not lead the law in all cases to which the rules of common law apply; they cannot, for instance, establish a different rule of property from that which the law has established; but where the law is ineffectual, equity steps in to give redress, following, however, the rules of law. 2 BL Com, 330. Dougl 21. Lord Kenyon, C. J., 4 T, R, 650. Broom's Max, 38. ^QUIVOCUM, JSquivocum. Lat. Of various significations, (multiplex,) Hob. 125. Verbum or nomsn asquivocum; a word having several senses. l Att. sect. 234. Co, Litt. 154 b. 7 Man, & Or, 504. Lord Coke distinguishes between aqaivocum cequivocans, a word of divers several significations, and oequivocum csquivocatum, one reduced to a certain signification (univocum.) Co. Litt. ub, sup. Of doubtful signification, {ambiguum,) Hob. 125. Dependmg for its meaning upon its connexion with other words, {re Uitivum,) Id, -^QUUS, j Squum. Lat. Equal, even, equitable, just. i Eqnam el boaam est lex lesnm. What is equitable and good is the law of laws. Hob. 224. JBqaior eat d Upesitio legis qnaaa hernials* The disposition of the law is more equitable than that of man. 8 Co, 152. Bracton makes a distinction between iJBquus wA Justus. Bract, fol. 3 a. ^SNECIA, JSsnetia. L. Lat. [L. Fr. aisneesse, from aisne, eldest, or first bom.] Esnecy; the right or privilege of the eldest bom. Spelman. Glanv, lib. 7, c. 3. The privilege allowed the eldest daughter of drawing first, in the partition of lands by lot, (prima pars cermndce hcereditatis, protocia;) called also pars enecia, enitia, or eneia, (Fr. Veigne part.) Spelman, Bract. fol. 75. See Esnecy, Pars enitia,