In Roman law. An officer who attended to the repairs of the temples and other public buildings; the repairs and cleanliness of the streets; the care of the weights and measures; the providing for funerals and games; and regulating the prices of provisions. Ainsw. Lex.; Smith, Lex.; Du Cange.
In the civil and old English law. An inn allowed by public license,for the entertainment of strangers, and other guests. Calvin.; Cowell.A hospital; a place where sick and infirm persons are taken care of. Cowell.
Reception of strangers; hospitality. Enc. Lond.
Equity acts upon the person. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3733.
Equity is a certain correction applied to law, because on account of its general comprehensiveness, without an exception, something is absent from it Plowd. 467.
Equity is as it were equality; equity is a species of equality or equalization. Co. Litt 24.
Equity does not make law, but assists law. Lofft, 379.