 | Sir William Blackstone - 1807 - 686 sider
...interpreting laws, by the reason of them, arises what we call equity ; which is thus defined by Grotius1", "the correction of that, wherein the law (by "reason of its universality) is deficient." For since [62] in laws all cases cannot be foreseen or expressed, it is necessary, that when the general... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1814 - 492 sider
...reasonings. " Equity," (says this author, vol. i. Introd. § 2.) " is " thus defined by Grotius, " The correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its universality, is deficient." — " Equity thus depending," (he adds), " essentially upon the particular circumstances of each '*... | |
 | Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1814 - 482 sider
...Equity," (says this author, vol. i. Introd. § 2.) " is " thus defined by Grotius, " The correc" tion of that wherein the law, by reason of ** its universality, is deficient." — " Equity " thus depending," (he adds), " essentially ** upon the particular circumstances of each... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1818 - 506 sider
...rigour of the common law ; considering the intention rather than the words of the law ; equity being the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its universality, is deficient. On this ground, therefore, to maintain a suit in chancery, it is always alleged that the plaintiff... | |
 | 1819 - 792 sider
...ne. cessary under all governments, for cor. rection, as our Blackstone expresses it after Grotius, ' of that wherein the law, by reason of its universality is deficient.' But in our constitution alone has the ad. vantage grown of a separation of the two powers ; limiting... | |
 | 1821 - 328 sider
...or the spirit and reason of the law. x. From the latter method of interpretation arises equity, or the correction of that wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is deficient. CHAPTER II. Of the Groundt and Foundation of the Laws of England. THE laws of England are of two kinds... | |
 | Walter Hamilton - 1825 - 486 sider
...Shair grass or Dutch rush. EUUITV. In Law, the rules of decision ohserved by the court of Chancery. 2. The correction of that wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is deficient. EQUIVALENTS. In Chemistry, certain quantities of two bodies, each sufficient to neutralize a third... | |
 | Walter Hamilton - 1825 - 468 sider
...Sttltir grass or Dutch rush. EQUITY. In Law, the rules of decision observed by the court of Chancery. 2. The correction of that wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is def,cient. EQUIVALENTS. In Chemistry, certain quantities of two bodies, each sufficient to neutralize... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1826 - 518 sider
...Commonwealth. If equity, as applied to the construction of statutes by an eminent writer, means, " the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its universality, is deficient ;" or, as another de- 1826. fines it, " interpreting statutes by the reason of ^^j^^ them," may be... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1826 - 522 sider
...Commonwealth. If equity, as applied to the construction of statutes by an eminent writer, means, " the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its universality, is deficient ;" or, as another de- 1826. fines it, " interpreting statutes by the reason of them," may be applied... | |
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From this method of interpreting laws by the reason of them, arises what we call equity, which is thus defined by Grotius : "the correction of that wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is deficient. 
