 | William Blackstone - Law - 1827 - 916 pages
...by the reason of them, arises "•• what we call equity ¡ which is thus defined by Grotius, (r) " eginning and first spring of an ancient and long-established * and customs which comp For, since in laws all cases cannot be foreseen or expressed, it is ne- [ 62 ] ! cessary that when... | |
 | Samuel Leigh - London (England) - 1827 - 646 pages
...person out of prison; it also considers 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... | |
 | Samuel Leigh - 1830 - 564 pages
...persou out of prison ; it also considers 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 U always alleged that the plaintiff is... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1833 - 660 pages
...mind is disposed, and determined, to give every one his own." And " equity," a» defined by Grotiut, " is the correction of that, wherein the law, by reason of its universality, is deficient." Or, in the language of St. Paul, Outxar, again, " what the law could not do, in that it was weak,"... | |
 | Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes - Rhetoric - 1833 - 488 pages
...his power accurately to make distinc* 'EnANO'PeQMA vofiov, yi\Xcivu SiA TO cadoXov. Ethics, T, 10. " The correction of that, wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is deficient." Grotius de . I1 |'.nt;Ur, $ 3. h We see in contracts, and other dealings which daily pass between man... | |
 | Aristoteles - 1833 - 450 pages
...to make distinc0 ' aperqc KCU I 'EIIANO'PeaMA vo/tow, y iXXtitru itd rii KaO6\ov. Ethics, v, 10. " The correction of that, wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is deficient." Grotius de JEquitate, $ 3. h We see in contracts, and other dealings which daily pass between man and... | |
 | Samuel Leigh - Architecture - 1834 - 594 pages
...person out of prison ; it also considers 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'... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...lonely man like me cannot afford to despise himself." ITEMS OF INTELLIGENCE. Equity according to Grotius is the correction of that wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is deficient. The whole number of bills in Chancery filed in the state of New York, during the war 1S34, was 1,932;... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...lonely man like me cannot afford to despite hinuelf." ITEMS OF INTELLIGENCE. Equity according to Grotius is the correction of that wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is deficient. The whole number of bills in Chancery filed in the state of New York, during the year 1834, was 1,932;... | |
 | Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - Law - 1835 - 854 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
