- equity rules of practice
- A set of rules supplanted by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, effective September 16, 1938. Schlaefer v Schlaefer, 71 App DC 350, 112 F2d 177.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
equity rules of practice
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