equitable jurisdiction

Its re-emergence put a further strain upon an already difficult relationship between the common law and equitable jurisdictions.

Generally speaking, the court does not have any equitable jurisdiction, but can award money damages or possession of property only.

Apart from its general equitable jurisdiction, the Court has jurisdiction over a number of other matters.

This would mean that the trust is not testamentary in nature but falls within the ordinary equitable jurisdiction of the court.

Fraud is a basis for equitable jurisdiction.

One might suppose that since they now come into a court with an equitable jurisdiction, the equitable doctrine must be applied.

The civil jurisdiction is limited to damages not exceeding €6,348.69; the court has no equitable jurisdiction.

As a result, the Administration of Justice Act 1841 formally dissolved the equitable jurisdiction of the court.

The Court has since been given new equitable jurisdiction in the area of bid protests, as well as jurisdiction in vaccine compensation.

In the United States, the legal and equitable jurisdiction of most courts has been merged, and the plea in equity has been abolished.

With the loss of its equitable jurisdiction, the Exchequer became a dedicated common law court, and thus fell prey to the same fate as the other two during the late 19th century.

The Court of Chancery was a court which exercised equitable jurisdiction in Ireland until its abolition as part of the reform of the court system in 1877.

That any order of the forum court might not match the scope of remedies available under the lex situs cannot prevent the equitable jurisdiction from ordering the trustee to comply.

The Court of Appeal held, after noting that interest was awardable under the court's equitable jurisdiction, that Mr Moir could be indemnified by the company for his costs.

A court must first interpret the text of the CCAA, and only then may the court look to fill in legislative "gaps" pursuant to its inherent or equitable jurisdiction.

The Six Clerks' Office was a public legal office that served the equitable jurisdiction of the English Court of Chancery until the middle of the nineteenth century.

Circuit and probate judges are elected county-wide, with circuit judges handling all cases where more than $25,000 is in dispute, felonies, divorce/custody actions, and matters of general equitable jurisdictions.

Subsequent decisions have held that the Court's equitable jurisdiction is the same as that held by the English High Court of Chancery at the time of American independence in 1776.

During the 15th century, the traditional superiority of the common law courts was challenged by ecclesiastical courts and the equitable jurisdiction of the Lord Chancellor, exercised through the Court of Chancery.

In many copies of this work is included the case of Tooke v. Atkyns, in which he was defendant, and which, as he allows, makes him write warmly on the subject of equitable jurisdiction.

The High Court of Australia can review decisions of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in relation to the common law and equitable jurisdictions of the court as well.

Many lawyers admitted that the uses made fraud easy and open, and in addition the lawyers of the common law were jealous of the Court of Chancery's equitable jurisdiction, and sought to strip it away.

Fiduciary, or probate, bonds are filed in probate courts and courts that exercise equitable jurisdiction; they guarantee that persons whom such courts have entrusted with the care of others' property will perform their specified duties faithfully.

As a method of evading the common law, the practice arose of making feoffments to the use of, or upon trust for, persons other than those to whom the seisin or legal possession was delivered, to which the equitable jurisdiction of the chancellor gave effect.

The courts have long held equitable jurisdiction to set aside "harsh and unconscionable bargains", but prior to the Consumer Credit Act this was mainly used in cases where uninformed tradespeople have been selling goods at a loss, and was rarely used in the 20th century.