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Equity Maxims
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Delay defeats Equity
Equity abhors a forfeiture
Equity acts in personam
Equity aids completion of an imperfect conveyance
Equity aids subrogation to prevent unjust enrichment
Equity delights in equality
Equity favors compromise and settlement
Equity follows the Law
Equity imposes constructive trusts to prevent unjust enrichment or fraud
Equity imputes an intention to fulfill an obligation
Equity looks on that as done which ought to have been done
Equity looks to the intent rather than the form
Equity mitigates the rigor of the Common Law
Equity presumes against double satisfaction
Equity protects bona fide purchasers for value without notice
Equity regards substance rather than mere form
Equity will not aid a party in wrongdoing
Equity will not allow a statute to be used as an instrument of fraud
Equity will not assist a volunteer
Equity will not compel useless acts
Equity will not enjoin a crime
Equity will not perfect an imperfect gift
Equity will not suffer a wrong to be without a Remedy
He who come into Equity must come with clean hands
He who seeks Equity must do Equity
Promissory estoppel to avoid unconscionability
Where the Equities are equal, first in time prevails
Where the equities are equal, the law prevails
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Availability & Scope of Equitable Relief
Equality, Fairness & Distribution
Estoppel & Reliance
Forfeitures, Penalties & Harsh Outcomes
Gifts, Volunteers & Consideration
Practicality & Utility
Prerequisites for Equitable Relief
Priorities & Competing interests
Substance over Form
Trust & Equity
Unjust Enrichment & Restitution