The phrase "a case of equity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to refer to a situation that requires a fair or just resolution, often in contrast to strict legal rules.
Example: "The judge ruled that this was a case of equity, allowing for a more flexible interpretation of the law to achieve justice."
Alternatives: "an equitable matter" or "a matter of fairness".
That may well be the case with sector Holdrs, a type of equity trust invented by Merrill Lynch last year that is fast becoming its signature financial product.
For example, some have advocated that financial firms should be required to issue subordinated debt on a regular basis to let the debt markets assess their fitness just as stock price does in the case of equity markets.
However this appears, once again, to be a case of the press undervaluing our union, Equity.
"It's a case of Jamaica's cultural legacy being exploited by US private equity groups to make money," he told me.
Praetor, plural Praetors, or Praetores, in ancient Rome, a judicial officer who had broad authority in cases of equity, was responsible for the production of the public games, and, in the absence of consuls, exercised extensive authority in the government.
As a judge of the Court of Chancery he was required to deal with cases of equity; though he was almost entirely unfamiliar with the Roman law it was based on, he had previously practised in the Chancery.
Apart from that, cases of equity could be heard by either court.
He was also noted for his insistence that equity should be applied by all courts, not just the Court of Chancery, a view that provoked much disagreement during his lifetime, but was eventually confirmed by Parliament in the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873, which allowed all courts to take cases of equity.
In the case of an equity issue, reported ROE at the end of the year should be ( frac{mathrm{EARNINGS}}{{mathrm{EQUITY}}_{mathrm{t}-1}+mathrm{ISSUE}+mathrm{EARNINGS}} ).
She relied on precedent from a case involving health insurance reimbursements, where the court found that if a case "would drag a court of equity into an area of complex economic policy," the judge should abstain, because economic policy making was better left to legislators than judges.
