From the Desk of
S. Lee Akers,
Clerk and Master,
Chancery Court
CHANCERY & CIRCUIT COURT JURISDICTION
Chancery Court jurisdiction may be divided into i) Equitable or Inherent and ii) Statutory. As Gibson's states, Equitable jurisdiction "is to include all of those matters, whether purely equitable in their nature or having characteristics both equitable or legal, jurisdiction over which is derived exclusively or chiefly from their inherent or original powers as Courts of Equity; and [Statutory] to include all of those matters, whether equitable in their characteristics or purely legal in their nature, jurisdiction over which is derived exclusively or chiefly from our statutes." [Gibson's Suits In Chancery, 5th Ed., p.24.]
See Gibson's at page 26 for a statement of Chancery's inherent jurisdiction. Listed are 33 areas. [Gibson's Suits In Chancery, 5th Ed., pp 26-28.]
THE MAXIMS AND PRINCIPLES OF JURISDICTION AND ADJUDICATION
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