† epikyn.
Obsolete.
Reasonableness, equity, as opposed to rigid law.
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rule of law?c1500
epiky1508
equity1528
renvoi1675
legal positivism1870
positivism1927
realism1930
legalitarianism1962
critical race theory1989
1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. &&.iiv Epicheia whiche is proprely the mynde of the lawe.
?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student xvi. f. xxxiiiiv This equytye or epykay.
1549 H. Latimer Serm. v. O iiij For auoydyng disturbaunce in the communewealth, such an epiky and moderacion maye be vsed in it [this law].
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