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Nowadays Equity has become more rigid and has certain rules which must be obeyed by if equity is to be claimed. These rules ore called the Maxims of Equity. Some of the more common maxims include:
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Equity - Assignment 1.1 When William I (The Conqueror) first set foot in England, when he invaded in 1066, he found that there was no real law system. All that was there was a muddle of customary rules which differed from village to village. He soon made a change to this though. William was very clever in what ways he used to gain control of the country. Rather than dismissing all of the old customs the people had grown up with, he used them to base his common law. He also claimed all of the English land under the 'feudal system' and only presented land to his supporters who then went on to give land to their followers, slowly getting control over the whole country. William collected lots of information to base his common law on by sending out representatives to the countryside to check out the local...
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