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Rice v Rice

(1853) 2 Drew 73; 61 ER 646
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Chancery
Year1853
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Where competing equitable interests are in all other respects equal, priority of time prevails (qui prior est tempore potior est jure); but the court first asks whether the equities are truly equal, weighing the whole conduct of each party.

Area of Law

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