The equity of the Court of Chancery, as if it were the daughter of conscience, is subject to the rules of Court.
Æquitas defectus supplet.
Equity supplies defects.
Æquitas erroribus medetur.
Equity rectifies mistakes.
Æquitas est convenientia rerum quæ cuncta eo æquiparat, et quæ, in paribus rationibus, paria jura et judicia desiderat.
Equity is the suitableness of circumstances, which equalizes all things, and which in similar matters, requires similar laws and judgments.
Æquitas est correctio legis generaliter latæ, qua parte deficit.
Equity is the correction of the law generally enacted in the part where it is deficient.
Æquitas est quasi æqualitas.