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The Court of Chancery of Nova Scotia was established by authority of the Commission and Royal Instructions to Governor Edward Cornwallis in 1749, which conferred on him a general power to establish courts. The court adjudicated civil causes and matters outside the purview of the Supreme Court. It possessed the general powers of injunction and review in such instances. Unlike the common law courts, it administered justice according to the system of equity and heard appeals from the Court of Probate. The Court of Chancery was often resorted to when the judgement of the Supreme Court in civil actions was perceived to be unjust and subject to an equitable remedy. The Court of Chancery was abolished by provincial statute in 1855 and its jurisdiction transferred to the Supreme Court.