When did all courts become courts of equity?
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1870s 1873 and 1875
Equity (law)
When did all courts become courts of equity?
Equity (law) Court of equity Court of Chancery Exchequer of Pleas United States district court Family court New Jersey Superior Court History of equity and trusts Star Chamber Maxims of equity
In jurisdictions following the English common law system, <b>equity</b> is the body of 
law which was ... <b>Equity was the</b> name given to the law which was administered 
in the <b>Court of Chancery</b>. ... &#39;Tis <b>all</b> one as if they should make the standard for the 
measure we call a foot, a Chancellor&#39;s foot; <b>what</b> an uncertain measure would 
this&nbsp;... A <b>court of equity</b>, <b>equity court</b> or <b>chancery court</b> is a <b>court</b> that is authorized to 
apply principles of ... <b>courts</b> for law and <b>equity</b>. Others vested their <b>courts</b> with 
both <b>types of</b> jurisdiction, as the US Congress <b>did</b> with respect to the federal 
<b>courts</b>. The <b>Court of Chancery</b> was a <b>court of equity</b> in England and Wales that followed 
a set of loose rules to avoid the slow pace of change and possible harshness (or 
&quot;inequity&quot;) of the common law. The <b>Chancery</b> had jurisdiction over <b>all</b> matters of 
<b>equity</b>, including trusts, land ... The <b>Court of Chancery</b> originated, as <b>did</b> the other 
High <b>Courts</b> before 1875,&nbsp;... The Exchequer of Pleas or <b>Court</b> of Exchequer was a <b>court</b> that dealt with matters 
of <b>equity</b>, ... Although the Exchequer of Pleas <b>was the</b> first common law <b>court</b>, it 
was also the ... In 1649 the Exchequer formally extended its common law and 
<b>equity</b> jurisdiction, <b>becoming</b> a fully fledged <b>court</b> of law able to hear any civil 
case. The United States district <b>courts</b> are the general trial <b>courts</b> of the United States 
federal judiciary. Both civil and criminal cases are filed in the district <b>court</b>, which 
is a <b>court</b> of law, <b>equity</b>, ... There is no constitutional requirement that district 
<b>courts</b> exist at <b>all</b>. Indeed, after the ratification of the Constitution, some 
opponents of a&nbsp;... Family <b>court</b> was originally created to be a <b>court of Equity</b> convened to decide 
matters and ... Family <b>courts</b> hear <b>all</b> cases that relate to familial and domestic 
relationships. Each state ... of a family <b>court</b>. This allows families to find solutions 
that suit their specific needs, rather than <b>being</b> forced to adhere to the ruling of a 
judge. The Superior <b>Court</b> is the state <b>court</b> in the U.S. state of New Jersey, with 
statewide trial and ... the last resort in <b>all</b> causes . . .; a <b>court</b> for the trial of 
impeachments; a <b>court of chancery</b>; ... and domestic relations <b>courts</b> in each 
county and so it has the distinction of <b>being</b> the only part specifically mandated by 
the constitution. We have no longer to ask ourselves: <b>what</b> would the <b>courts</b> of common law or the 
<b>courts of equity have done</b> before the Judicature Act? We have to ask ourselves:
&nbsp;... The Star Chamber (Latin: Camera stellata) was an English <b>court</b> which sat at the 
royal Palace of Westminster, from the late 15th century to the mid-17th century (c. 
1641), and was composed of Privy Counsellors and common-law judges, to 
supplement the judicial activities of the common-law and <b>equity courts</b> in ... From 
this time forward, the <b>Court</b> of Star Chamber <b>became</b> a political weapon&nbsp;... Maxims of <b>equity</b> are legal maxims that serve as a set of general principles or 
rules which are ... They were developed by the English <b>Court of Chancery</b> and 
other <b>courts</b> that ... When parties enter a contract for a sale of real property, the 
buyer is deemed to have obtained an equitable right that <b>becomes</b> a legal right 
only after&nbsp;...
the 1870s
Equity (law)