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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=law">law</a>, particularly in <a href="page.php?w=common_law">common law</a> jurisdictions, <b>equity</b> is the body of law that historically developed in the English <a href="page.php?w=Court_of_Chancery">Court of Chancery</a>, which created a set of <b>equitable doctrines</b> distinct from the rest of English common law.  </p>

<p>The equitable jurisdiction of a <a href="page.php?w=court_of_equity">court of equity</a> spanned much of English <a href="page.php?w=private_law">private law</a>, particularly the law of <a href="page.php?w=property">property</a>,</p><p>
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