A liberty or privilege al-lowed to a judge, within the confines of right and Justice, but independent of narrow and unbending rules of positive law, to decide and act in accordance with what is fair, equitable, and wholesome, as determined upon the peculiar circumstances of the case, and as discerned by hls personal wiBdom and experience, guided by the spirit, principles, and analogies of the law. osborn v. United States Bank, 9 wheat 866, 6 L. Ed. 204; Ex parte Chase, 43 Ala. 310; Lent v. Tillson, 140 U. S. 310, 11 Sup. CL 825, 35 Lu Ed. 419; State v. Cummings, 36 Mo. 278; Murray v. Buell, 74 wis. 14, 41 N. W. 1010; Perry v. Salt Lake City Council, 7 Utah, 143, 25 Pac. 996, 11 L. R. A. 446
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
