How was a petition asking the early English Chancellor for extraordinary equitable relief traditionally…
Petitioners sought extraordinary relief from the Crown and later from the Chancellor. The early petition appealed to grace and conscience where the ordinary common-law…
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How was a petition asking the early English Chancellor for extraordinary equitable relief traditionally described?
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Petitioners sought extraordinary relief from the Crown and later from the Chancellor. The early petition appealed to grace and conscience where the ordinary common-law process did not supply the requested relief.
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Option A
The petition sought the Chancellor’s intervention in conscience.
Option B
The petition traditionally sought the Chancellor’s extraordinary intervention as a matter of grace.
Option C
The traditional description was a petition for grace.
Option D
The petition was traditionally described as a request for grace.
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