Excerpt from Equity in Roman Law: Lectures Delivered in the University of London, at the Request of the Faculty of Laws (girard, Manuel, The same state of things arises in those cases in which the Praetor, in his Edict, declares that he will give a certain actio or exceptio, causa cognita. Here, though the grant of the action or defence is entirely in the hands of the Praetor, it is not he, but the ordinary index, who presides over the resulting proceedings. The equitable nature of the relief has nothing to do with that of the ultimate tribunal. There is no such thing as an Equity Court. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.