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A Norman French term signifying “grandfather.” It is also spelled “aieul” and “ayle.” Kelham. iEquior est dispositio legis qnam homi nis. The disposition of the law is more equitable than that of man. 8 Coke, 152. iEQUITAS. In the civil law. Equity, as opposed to strictum or summum jus, (q. v.) Otherwise called cequum, mquum bonum, cequum et bonum, cequum et justum. Calvin. iEqnitas agit in personam. Equity acts upon the person. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3733. iEqnitas est correctio legis generaliter latae, qna parte deficit. Equity is the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its generality, is deficient. Plowd. 375. ?ionem. Equity is a certain correction applied to law, because on account of its general comprehensiveness, without an exception, something is absent from it Plowd. 467. iEqnitas est perfecta qnsedam ratio quae jus seriptum interpretatnr et emen dat; nulla scriptura compreliensa, sed solum in vera ratione consistens. Equity is a certain perfect reason, which interprets and amends the written law, comprehended in no writing, but consisting in right reason alone. Co. Litt 246. iEqnitas est quasi aequalitas. Equity is as it were equality; equity is a species of equality or equalization. Co. Litt 24. iEqnitas ignorantise opitulatur, osci tantise non item. Equity assists ignorance, but not carelessness. iEqnitas non facit jus, sed juri auxil iatnr. Equity does not make law, but assists law. Lofft, 379. iEqnitas nunqnam contravenit leges. Equity never counteracts the laws. iEqnitas sequitur legem. Equity follows the law. Gilb. 186. ZBquitas supervacna odit. Equity abhors superfluous things. Lofft, 282. ZBquitas uxoribus, liberis, creditoribus maxime favet. Equity favors wives and children, creditors most of all. ^qnnm et bonum est lex legum. What is equitable and good is the law of laws. Hob. 224. iEQUUS. Latin: Equal; even. A provision in a will for the division of the residuary estate ex cequus among the legatees means equally or evenly. Archer v. Morris, 61 N. J. Eq. 152, 47 Atl. 275. SIM, or ERA. A fixed point of chronological time, whence any number of years is counted; thus, the Christian era began at the birth of Christ, and the Mohammedan era at the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina. The derivation of the word has been much contested. Wharton. iERARITJM. Latin: In the Roman law. The treasury, (flscus.) Calvin.