equitable maxims
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Definitions from Case Law
From 229 U.S. 530 - Joseph Parker Camp v. Kate Willard Boyd · 1913Most cited · 241 citing opinions
Equity regards that as done which ought to be done. It looks to the true intent and meaning, rather than to the form. It relieves against the consequences of accident and mistake, as well as of fraud.