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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. "
History of the United States: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present ... - Page 421
by Marcius Willson - 1854 - 429 pages
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1

Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...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...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Honourable Henry Home of ..., Volume 1

Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Judges - 1814 - 492 pages
...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 '*...
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Memoirs of the life and writings of ... Henry Home of Kames [by A.F. Tytler].

Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1814 - 482 pages
...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...
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Leigh's new picture of London; or, A view of the ... British metropolis [ed ...

Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1818 - 506 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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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 5

England - 1819 - 792 pages
...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...
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The British Prose Writers: Sheldon's table talk. Sir W. Blackstone's ...

British prose literature - 1821 - 328 pages
...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...
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A Hand-book: Or, Concise Dictionary of Terms Used in the Arts and Sciences

Walter Hamilton - Industries - 1825 - 486 pages
...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...
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A Hand-book: Or, Concise Dictionary of Terms Used in the Arts and Sciences

Walter Hamilton - Industries - 1825 - 468 pages
...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...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 24

United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1826 - 518 pages
...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...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme ..., Volume 11; Volume 24

United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1826 - 522 pages
...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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