Hints "Equity" ex aequo et bono "keeper of the King's conscience"
The narrow limits of the forms of action and the limited recourse they provided led to the development of equity law and equity case law."Equity", in its general meaning of doing "equity", deciding ex aequo et bono, was first granted by the King, and later by his Chancellor as "keeper of the King's conscience", to afford relief in hardship cases.
诉讼形式的限制以及其提供的有限追索权导致衡平法和衡平判例法的产生。衡平法，用普遍的意思就是“行为公平”，决定公平且善良。首先由国王，以后由作为“国王良知守护人”的大法官作出，以便对难以解决的案例提供救济。