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Coke, Sir Edward
Charles I., for his support of the Petition of right. Coke was bitterly hostile to the injunction of equity. The controversy between Coke and Lord Ellesmere, the Chancellor, was acute. James I. referred the whole matter to
Condictio
demanded. The judge had merely to decide the question submitted to him, without taking into account consideration of equity, Sand. Just. See ACTIO BON' FIDEI.
Conditions of sale
concurrence of any person entitled to an equitable estate if a title can be made free from the equity without consent under a trust for sale, or the L.P. Act or the Settled (English) L. Act, 1925,
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Conscience, Courts of
by the oath of the parties, or other witnesses, and make such order therein as was consonant to equity and good conscience. The county courts established in 1846 have superseded them.
Constructive fraud
Constructive fraud, a court of equity will set aside a transaction entered into as the result of conduct which, though not amounting to actual
Conversion, equitable
Fletcher v. Ashburner, (1779) 1 Bro CC 497; 1 W&TLC. This principle is governed by the doctrine of equity, that that which ought to be done shall be deemed as actually done. The property thus equitably transmuted
Chattels or catals
of property Act, 1925, under which there is no merger at law if there is no merger in equity (Capital & Counties Bank, Ltd. v. Rhodes, 1903 (1) Ch 653), and see MERGER. Another difference between chattels
Copyhold
land was held at the will of the lord of the manor, but both the common law and equity came in the sixteenth century to protect the rights of copyholders in accordance with the manorial customs under
Costs
55 Vict. c. 51); and the Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61). In equity costs rested entirely in the discretion of the Court, for the prima facie claim of the successful litigant
County Courts
Act, 1934, s. 90. Any party dissatisfied with the determination of the judge in point of law or equity,or upon the admission or rejection of any evidence, may appeal to the Court of Appeal, but where the
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