 | Charles Sumner - 1880 - 516 Seiten
...No student can forget that profound definition by Aristotle,1 adopted by Grotins2 also, — "Equity is the correction of that wherein the law by reason of its universality is deficient " ; nor can he forget the phrase of Lord Bacon, when he gives it a higher character still, namely,... | |
 | 1901 - 2042 Seiten
...proceeds of the note could not be questioned. If the law would supply 'no remedy, equity, which is for 'the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its universality, is deficient,' would afford relief." This ruling is clearly a recognition of the principle that the fact that an administrator... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1881 - 526 Seiten
...correction of legal justice,' or ¿тгачорвыра, чоцои $ ¿\\ehrei día то каво\ои ' a correction of that wherein the law by reason of its universality is deficient.' For the laws, observes the same philosopher Pol. Ill X § 4, та /cofloXou ¡íóvov \iyowiv, d\V... | |
 | 1882 - 812 Seiten
...by the rules of equity and conscience, and of moderating the rigor of the common law : equity being the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its universality, is deficient. — Yet the Court of Chancery is not intended to act in opposition to, but In assistance of, the common... | |
 | Marshall Davis Ewell - 1882 - 60 Seiten
...equity [by which is not meant equity or chancery jurisprudence], which is thus defined by Grotius : "The correction of that wherein the law (by reason of its universality ) is deficient.". For since in laws all cases cannot be foreseen or expressed, it is necessary that, when the general... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - 1883 - 1076 Seiten
...with justice; in that, to the true and sound interpretation of the rule." According to Grotius, equity is the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its generality, is deficient. — It is probable that the department of law called equity in England once... | |
 | Almon Benson Richmond - 1883 - 658 Seiten
...ask equity of the courts. There is too much fiction in proportion to the fact. Grotins says, "Equity is the correction of that wherein the law by reason of its universality is deficient." Is it equity to apply the universal rule of law that punishes the willful criminal to the man vho is... | |
 | Edwin Charles Clark - 1883 - 450 Seiten
...interpreting laws, by the reason of them, arises what we call equity, which is thus denned by Grotius — the correction of that wherein the law by reason of its universality is deficient, Ac. &c."°" If we set aside, for the moment, the maxim cessante rations legis cessat lex ipsa and the... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1883 - 924 Seiten
...the very heart of the common law. For myself, therefore, I am for limiting these powers strictly to "the correction of that wherein the law — by reason of its universality — is deficient." Especially should this be so when it is remembered that equity originated in and continues to be nothing... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - 1883 - 1076 Seiten
...justice; in that, to the true and sound interpretation of the rule." According I o Grotius, equity is the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its generality, is deficient.—It is probable that the department of law called equity in England once... | |
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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. 
