Equity determines nothing unless towards the parties.
Æquitas nomine pœnæ constitutis remedium ex æquo et bono præstat.
Equity furnishes a remedy to matters which have been appointed under the name of a punishment, agreeable to what is just and good.
Æquitas non facit jus, sed juri auxiliatur.
Equity does not constitute law, but assists law.
Æquitas non medetur defectu eorum quæ jure positivo requisita sunt.
Equity does not supply the deficiency of those things which are required by positive law.
Æquitas non sinit eum qui jus verum tenuit extremum jus persequi.
Equity does not allow him who hath obtained a true right, to prosecute it to the utmost extremity.
Æquitas non sinit ut eandem rem duplici via simul quis persequatur.