Federal Equity Rules of 1912

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The Federal Equity Rules of 1912 were a set of procedural rules adopted by the U.S. federal courts to govern equity cases, modernizing and standardizing chancery practice and paving the way for the unified Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	equity rules → judicial rules → procedural rules →
adoptedBy	Supreme Court of the United States →
appliesIn	United States courts of appeals → surface form: "United States circuit courts of appeals" United States district courts NERFINISHED →
appliesTo	United States federal courts NERFINISHED → suits in equity in federal courts →
areaOfLaw	federal civil procedure → remedies in equity →
authority	Supreme Court of the United States →
characteristic	codified federal equity practice → separate from rules governing actions at law →
codified	practice for answers and replications in equity → practice for bills in equity → practice for discovery in equity → practice for injunctions in equity → practice for receiverships in equity →
country	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
followedBy	United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure → surface form: "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure"
governs	chancery practice → equity cases →
historicalPeriod	early 20th century →
historicalSignificance	major step toward merger of law and equity in federal procedure →
influenced	United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure → surface form: "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure"
inForceUntil	1938 →
jurisdiction	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
language	English →
legalDomain	civil procedure → equity →
legalForm	court-promulgated rules →
legalNature	subordinate legislation issued by the judiciary →
legalStatus	superseded →
legalSystem	federal judiciary of the United States → surface form: "United States federal legal system"
pavedWayFor	unification of law and equity procedure in federal courts →
precededBy	earlier federal equity practice rules →
purpose	modernize equity procedure → promote uniformity in equity practice among federal courts → standardize chancery practice →
replacedBy	United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure → surface form: "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure of 1938"
scope	nationwide within the federal judiciary →
standardized	pleading in equity cases → practice in federal courts of equity →
temporalScope	before adoption of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 1938 →
typeOfNorm	procedural norm →

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure → influencedBy → Federal Equity Rules of 1912 →