Monetary compensation was not enough, so the chancellor's court developed new remedies. Unlike the rigid rules of the common law, the law of equity was flexible and sought to provide the remedy of specific performance, the remedy of injunction, the remedy of rectification and the remedy of rescission. However, there were conditions for a person to seek what is known as equitable relief, seeking to obtain a remedy according to the maxims of equity. The plaintiff must prove that he would not be able to obtain justice in a common law court and must also prove that the person he claims is not guilty. Additionally, equity has developed the law of trust, inheritance, mortgage law, breach of trust, and fiduciary duties. Both laws developed side by side for several centuries before merging in the late 19th century, but by that time equity law had already taken on many characteristics of common law, such as time-consuming and
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