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Equities of plaintiff

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Part IIConstitution and Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court

18 Equities of plaintiff

If a plaintiff or petitioner claims to be entitled to any equitable estate or right, or to relief on any equitable ground against any deed, instrument or contract, or against any right, title or claim whatsoever asserted by any defendant or respondent in the cause or matter, or to any relief founded upon a legal right, which could in England immediately before the commencement of the Judicature Act only have been given by a Court of Equity, the Supreme Court or the Judge shall give to the plaintiff or petitioner the same relief as ought then to have been given by the English Court of Chancery in a suit or proceeding for the like purpose properly instituted.

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