Equivorous

[Lat. equus, a horse, and voro, to devour.] Feeding on horse-flesh. Equuleus, (e-kyu-ul'e-us,) n. [Lat., the little horse.] ( Astron .) One of the old constellations made by Ptolemy, and situated between Aquila and Capric or nus. Its brightest stars are of the 4th magnitude. - There is another constellation, named by Lacaille Equuleus Pictoris, the Easel, or Painter's Horse, which is situated near the constellation Argo. Equus, n. [Lat., a horse.] (Zool.) See EQUIDE. E'ra, n. See ÆRA. by the latter, equitable . The former are rights and reme- Era'diate, v . n. [Lat. e, and radius , a ray.] To shoot dies at common law; the latter, rights and remedies in like a ray; to radiate. equity. Much misunderstanding has prevailed regard- Eradia'tion, n. Act of eradiating; radiation. ing the distinctive features of these two branches of jurisprudence. Some have represented them as two opposing and hostile powers, continually at warfare with each other, and striving to encroach on each other's province, as if, in the language of Black stone, "the one judged without equity, and the other was not bound by any law." It has also been stated that a court of equity is not bound by rules or precedents, but acts from the opinion of the judge; and that the province of equity, as distinguished from law, is to determine according to the spirit of the rule, and not according to the strictne of the letter. In the early history of equity jurisprudence, there might have been much to give color to these views; but in the present day, courts of equity act upon principles as fixed and certain as those on which courts of law proceed. New cases may, and indeed do, arise; but they are decided upon these ascertained rules and principles, whatever may be the opinion of the judge as to what may be just or reasonable in the particular case before him. Equity, then, is a branch of jurisprudence which aims at supplementing the defects of common law, by extending relief to those rights of property which the strict law does not recognize, and by giving more ample and distributive redre than the ordinary tribunals afford. It by no means either controls, mitigates, or supersedes the common law, and does not a ume any power to subvert its doctrines. Courts of common law proceed by certain prescribed forms, and give a general judgment for or against the defendant; but there are many cases in which a simple judgment for either party, without qualifications and conditions and particular arrangements, would not do entire justice to either. Some modification of the rights of parties may be required, some restraints on the one side or the other, or some peculiar adjustments, either present or future, temporary or perpetual. To meet these objects, the courts of law in this country have no provisions; they can only adjudicate by a simple judgment between the parties. Courts of equity, however, are not confined or limited in their modes of relief by such narrow regulations, but grant redre to all parties where they have rights, ex æquo et bono , and modify and fashion that re Erad'icable, a . That may or can be eradicated, rooted out, or destroyed. Erad'icate, v. a. [Lat. eradico , eradicatum-e, ex, and radiz , radicis , a root.] To pull up the roots of, or by the roots; to root out; to destroy, as anything that grows; to destroy thoroughly; to extirpate; to exterminate. Erad'icated, a. ( Her.) Applied to a tree or flower torn up by the roots.