Equity jurisdiction

This term includes not only the ordinary meaning of the word "jurisdiction," the power residing in a court to hear and determine an action, but also a consideration of the cases and occasions when that power is to be exercised, in other words, the question whether the action will lie in equity.

Anderson v. Carr, 65 Hun, 179, 19 N. Y. Supp. 992; People v. Mc-Kane, 78 Hun. 154, 28 N. Y. Supp. 981.