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Unrighteous :: Unrighteous (a.) Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence..

Subpoenaed :: Subpoena (n.) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill..

Ne Exeat :: Ne exeat () A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree..

Validity :: Validity (n.) Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title..

Justice :: Justice (a.) The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.

Chancery :: Chancery (n.) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity..

Controversy :: Controversy (n.) A suit in law or equity; a question of right.

Orator :: Orator (n.) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner..

Injunction :: Injunction (n.) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, insome cases, under statutes, by a court of law,whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ..

Crossbill :: Crossbill () A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit..

Complaint :: Complaint (n.) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity..

Solicitor :: Solicitor (n.) An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in court; -- formerly, in English practice, the professional designation of a person admitted to practice in a court of chancery or equity. See the Note under Attorney..

Equitable :: Equitable (a.) Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men..

Lawsuit :: Lawsuit (n.) An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.

Legal :: Legal (a.) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets..

Equity :: Equity (n.) A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it..

Chancery :: Chancery (n.) In the Unites States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity..

Equity :: Equity (n.) An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc..

Casuistry :: Casuistry (a.) The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases..

Law :: Law (n.) Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.

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