<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Equitable remedies were granted by the Court of Chancery in England, and remain available today in most common law jurisdictions . In many jurisdictions, legal and equitable remedies have been merged and a single court can issue either, or both, remedies . Despite widespread judicial merger, the distinction between equitable and legal remedies remains relevant in a number of significant instances . Notably, the United States Constitution's Seventh Amendment preserves the right to a jury, trial rights in civil cases over $20 to cases "at common law". </P> <P> The distinction between types of relief granted by the courts is due to the courts of equity, such as the Court of Chancery in England, and still available today in common law jurisdictions . Equity is said to operate on the conscience of the defendant, so an equitable remedy is always directed at a particular person, and that person's knowledge, state of mind and motives may be relevant to whether a remedy should be granted or not . </P> <P> Equitable remedies are distinguished from "legal" remedies (which are available to a successful claimant as of right) by the discretion of the court to grant them . In common law jurisdictions, there are a variety of equitable remedies, but the principal remedies are: </P>

The most common type of relief that courts of equity provide is monetary damages