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The pleadings in equity are the written statements of the parties, setting out in conformity with certain established rules, the matters and facts relied upon by the respective parties to the suit, in order to maintain or defeat it, or to obtain or prevent the equitable interposition of the Court con cerning the relief sought (story). A suit in Equity is instituted by a bill, sometimes called a petition; this is a statement of the grounds on which the complainant bases his right to equitable relief.'

Equity pleading and procedure