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{{a|people|}}A kind of fantastical intellectual artifice that, [[from time to time]], the [[courts of chancery]] imaginatively deploys in salvation of one of those [[little old ladies]] who populate their reports. For example, [[estoppel]] or a [[constructive trust]].  
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{{image|Kraken|jpg|A [[creature of equity]], yesterday.}}
{{image|Pantomime dromedary|jpg|A [[creature of Equity]], yesterday.}}
}}A kind of fantastical intellectual artifice that, [[from time to time]], the [[courts of chancery]] imaginatively deploys in the salvation of one of those [[little old ladies]] who populate their reports. For example, [[estoppel]] or a [[constructive trust]]. Seen from the perspective of a mercenary Ahab type who would do ill to such a kindly old chairwoman, or [[Welsh hotelier]], [[creatures of equity]] can seem rather ferocious in their bearing.


Not to be confused with a creature of ''Equity'', such as a [[pantomime dromedary]] staffed with unionised actors, however similarly restorative such a sight might be, to such a [[little old lady]].
Not to be confused with a [[Creature of Equity|creature of ''Equity'']], such as a [[pantomime dromedary]] staffed with unionised actors, however similarly restorative such a sight might be, to such a [[little old lady]]. Or for that matter “[[legal personality]]”, as found in a [[corporation]].


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*[[Corporate veil]]
*[[Anus matronae parvae malas leges faciunt]], aka ''[[little old ladies make bad law]]''
*[[Anus matronae parvae malas leges faciunt]], aka ''[[little old ladies make bad law]]''
*[[charge]]
*[[charge]]