Equity Of A Statute
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Where a class of cases is not within the words of a statute, but it is patent that it would have been included had it been within the mind of the legislature, it is included by construction, because it is said to be "within the equity of the statute."
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
By this phrase is intended the rule of statutory construction which admits within the operation of a statute a class of cases which are neither expressly named nor excluded, but which, from their analogy to the cases that are named, are clearly and justly within the spirit and general meaning of the law ; such cases are said to be "within the equity of the statute."
Defined under Equity in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
By this phrase is intended the rule of statutory construction which admits within the operation of astutute a class of cases which are neither expressly named nor excluded, but which, from their analogy to the cases that are named, are clearly and justly within the spirit and general meaning of the law; such eases are suid to be “ wilbin the equity of the platute.”