| 21. | Between 1400 and 1672, chancery developed into a full-fledged court of equity, with flexible procedures similar to ecclesiastical courts.
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| 22. | The courts of equity could not bring themselves to decide against a totally innocent ( without notice ) purchaser.
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| 23. | In its first Constitution, the Delaware Constitution of 1776, there was no special provision for a court of equity.
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| 24. | The law of cestui que tended to defer jurisdiction to courts of equity as opposed to common law courts.
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| 25. | In other words, only common law courts and courts of equity could exercise authority over individuals in peacetime England.
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| 26. | But a Court of Equity could not give damages, and, unless it can rescind the contract, can give no relief.
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| 27. | The Exchequer had superior status over inferior courts of equity, able to take cases from them and countermand their decisions.
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| 28. | Together they sat as a court of common law, heard suits in the Court of equity, and settled revenue disputes.
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| 29. | Johnson sued in 1927 to receive one-third of the estate, but a court of equity denied his claim in 1930.
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| 30. | This was in contrast with the Courts of Equity which were creative in producing novel writs for many new fact situations.
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