Court of Chancery

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The Court of Chancery was one of the courts of equity in England and Wales.

History

By applying the strict formal rules of the common law by the royal courts, there was often perceived as unjust judgments against the King of England early on his first opportunity to turn to him to pick up a correct judgment at law as in equity unjust. The king delegated this task soon to his Lord Chancellor. Equity soon developed a life of its own and formed a complementary set of rules for common law and was the court of Chancery, ie at the court of the Registrar, be attained with its own action. In the 19th century appears to be cumbersome separation of common law and equity was abandoned and connected by the Judicature Acts, the common law courts and the court of Chancery. He now lives on in the Chancery Division of the High Court.

• Court (England and Wales)