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make gambling ] 4 : recognized or made effective under principles of law as distinguished from principles of equity : deriving from or existing or valid in law as distinguished from equity see also equity compare equitable
exchequer
and later for the adjudication of revenue cases 2 cap : a former superior court having law and equity jurisdiction in England and Wales over primarily revenue cases and now merged with the Queen's Bench Division of
equitable
equitable 1 : having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally [shall allocate…appropriations in an manner "U.S. Code"] 2 : existing or valid in
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bill
revenue to originate in the House of Representatives. 2 : the pleading used to begin a suit in equity that sets forth the basis for one's claim against another called also bill in equity 3 a :
Infant
which an infant may by any existing or future statute, or by the rules of Common Law or Equity, enter, except such as now by law are voidable. 2. No action shall be brought whereby to charge
Fraud on a power
is a cheating intended to get an advantage, C.S.P. Changalvaraya Naidu v. Jagannath, (1994) 1 SCC 1. In equity has been defined as an act or omission to act or concealment by which one person obtains an
Further advance, or charge
a mortgagee, either upon the same security as the original loan was advanced upon, or an additional security, Equity considers the arrears of interest on a mortgagee security converted into principal, by agreement between the parties, as
Gift
being given for it. Such a transaction is apt to be very jealously scrutinized in a Court of Equity, and will be set aside on proof of undue influence (see that title), or of a fiduciary relationship
Husband and wife
(3) by the custom of particular places; (4) by surrendering copyholds to her use; and (5) by will. Equity, however, from very early times, by the doctrines of 'separate use,' 'trusts,' and 'equity to a settlement,' very
Illusory Appointments Act, 1830
of a power to appoint property, real or personal, among several objects, shall be invalid, or impeached in equity, on the ground that an unsubstantial, illusory, or nominal share only was thereby appointed, or left unappointed, to
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