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"Corrupt Bargains and Unconscionable Practices": The Expectant Heir in Seventeenth-Century Chancery
The ‘expectant heir’ Chancery suits have been identified in modern case law, and much of the relevant academic literature, as the origin of the modern doctrine of unconscionable dealing. These suits typically saw young heirs seeking relief from improvident bargains entered into while, short of …