Maxims of Equity

  1. He Who Seeks Equity Must Do Equity.
  2. He Who Comes into Equity Must Come with Clean Hands.
  3. Equity Aids the Vigilant, Not Those Who Slumber on Their Rights.
  4. Equity Acts Specifically.
  5. Equity Acts in Personam.
  6. Equity Will not Suffer a Wrong without a Remedy.
  7. Equity Follows the Law.
  8. Equity Delights in Justice and Not by Halves.
  9. Equity Will not Suffer a Wrong to Be without a Remedy.
  10. Equity Regards That as Done Which Ought to Be Done.
  11. Equity Regards Substance Rather than Form.
  12. Equity Imputes an Intention to Fulfill an Obligation.,
  13. Equality is Equity.
  14. Between Equal Equities the Law Will Prevail.

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