0 a court that can base its judgments on principles of equity (= a system allowing fair judgment where no satisfactory laws exist) rather than law
What would the court of equity say about driving a trustee to betray his trust?
Consider, if you will, what argument might prevail in any court of equity to excuse a person from carrying out his covenant?
That again is not a case for a court of equity.
Even a court of equity would not allow him to do anything so inequitable and unjust.
Similarly, historically, a court of equity could not set aside fraudulent transfers of aboriginal title unless all parties to the fraud were before it.
A court of equity will restrain him from so doing.
The procedures in a court of equity were much more flexible than the courts at common law.
Not all jurisdictions have probate courts, in many places, probate functions are performed by a chancery court or another court of equity.
