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 --
The question is whether the employer may now have the aid of a court of equity to impress upon the investment the quality of a constructive trust.
He created a court of equity and named himself a petty lord chancellor.
Because it is a court of equity, there are no juries, and its cases are heard by the judges, called chancellors.
A court of equity in decreeing a constructive trust is bound by no unyielding formula.
An implied trust is one created by a court of equity because of acts or situations of the parties.
A court of equity does not recognise as valid a trust which it can not both enforce and control...
Calculating mesne profits is often regulated by legislatures, but may be litigated in a court of equity.
Not all jurisdictions have probate courts, in many places, probate functions are performed by a chancery court or another court of equity.