court of equity

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A former system of courts that mainly provided relief in the form of injunctions requiring the taking of a particular action or forbearance from taking a particular action, as opposed to relief in the form of monetary damages that was available through courts of law. Courts of equity and courts of law are now largely merged or overlapping.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun archaic A court empowered to provide only equitable relief, but not to make rulings on questions of law, nor to award monetary damages.