† epikyn.

Forms: Also 1500s epicay, epicheia.

Etymology: < Greek ἐπιείκεια, < ἐπιεικής reasonable, < ἐπί according to + εἰκός likely, reasonable. Compare Old French epyeykie (14th cent.).

Obsolete.

Reasonableness, equity, as opposed to rigid law.

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society > law > jurisprudence > [noun] > theories or doctrines of the law

rule of law?c1500

epiky1508

equity1528

renvoi1675

legal positivism1870

positivism1927

realism1930

legalitarianism1962

critical race theory1989

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. &&.ii^v Epicheia whiche is proprely the mynde of the lawe.

?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student xvi. f. xxxiiii^v This equytye or epykay.

1549 H. Latimer Serm. v. O iiij For auoydyng disturbaunce in the communewealth, such an epiky and moderacion maye be vsed in it [this law].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	epiky
释义	† epikyn. Forms: Also 1500s epicay, epicheia. Etymology: < Greek ἐπιείκεια, < ἐπιεικής reasonable, < ἐπί according to + εἰκός likely, reasonable. Compare Old French epyeykie (14th cent.). Obsolete. Reasonableness, equity, as opposed to rigid law. ΘΚΠ society > law > jurisprudence > [noun] > theories or doctrines of the law rule of law?c1500 epiky1508 equity1528 renvoi1675 legal positivism1870 positivism1927 realism1930 legalitarianism1962 critical race theory1989 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. &&.ii^v Epicheia whiche is proprely the mynde of the lawe. ?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student xvi. f. xxxiiii^v This equytye or epykay. 1549 H. Latimer Serm. v. O iiij For auoydyng disturbaunce in the communewealth, such an epiky and moderacion maye be vsed in it [this law]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1508
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