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Courthouse in Georgetown, Delaware, one of the court's three locations. The Delaware Court of Chancery is a court of equity in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is one of Delaware's three constitutional courts, along with the Supreme Court and Superior Court. Since 2018, the court consists of seven judges.
Delaware Supreme Court [1] Delaware Court of Chancery [2] Delaware Superior Court (3 courts, one for each county) [3] Delaware Family Court [4] Delaware Court of Common Pleas [5] Delaware Justice of the Peace Court; Delaware Alderman's Court; Federal courts located in Delaware. United States District Court for the District of Delaware [6]
The Chancery came to prominence after the decline of the Exchequer, dealing with the law of equity, something more fluid and adaptable than the common law.The early Court of Chancery dealt with verbal contracts, matters of land law and matters of trusts, and had a very liberal view when setting aside complaints; poverty, for example, was an acceptable reason to cancel a contract or obligation. [9]
Delaware Supreme Court [70] Delaware Court of Chancery [71] Delaware Superior Court (3 courts, one for each county) [72] Delaware Family Court [73] Delaware Court of Common Pleas [74] Delaware Justice of the Peace Court; Delaware Alderman's Court; Federal courts located in Delaware. United States District Court for the District of Delaware [75]
A court of equity, also known as an equity court or chancery court, is a court authorized to apply principles of equity rather than principles of law to cases brought before it. These courts originated from petitions to the Lord Chancellor of England and primarily heard claims for relief other than damages, such as specific performance and ...
He served as Resident Judge of the Delaware Superior Court from 1985 to 1989. [4] He was then appointed Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery in 1989 and Chancellor in 1997. On June 17, 2011, he retired as Chancellor and became a partner of the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati , P.C., and the managing partner of their ...
The Court of Chancery was abolished by the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1846, which reorganized the New York state judicial system. This became effective on July 5, 1847, when its equity jurisdiction was transferred to the New York Supreme Court and its appellate jurisdiction was transferred to the New York Court of Appeals.
The Superior Courts of Chancery were created in 1802 to handle chancery matters initially handled by the High Court of Chancery. The state was divided into three chancery districts and cases from the counties composing the district were tried in a fixed location within each district. The records were kept in that location.