'''Equity''' is the [[name]] given to the set of legal principles, in [[jurisdictions]] following the [[English]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law] [[tradition]], which supplement strict rules of law where their application would operate harshly. In civil legal systems, broad "general clause" allow [[judges]] to have similar leeway in applying the code. | '''Equity''' is the [[name]] given to the set of legal principles, in [[jurisdictions]] following the [[English]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law] [[tradition]], which supplement strict rules of law where their application would operate harshly. In civil legal systems, broad "general clause" allow [[judges]] to have similar leeway in applying the code. |