Chapter 1
The definitive description of Chancery: 'This is the Court of Chancery... which gives to monied might the means abundantly of wearying out the right.'
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From Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Chancery is Dickens's great symbol of institutional decay—a suit that has bred generations of litigants, consumed the estate it was meant to divide, and entangled lives across decades.
Chapter 65 (Beginning the World)
Jarndyce v. Jarndyce collapses when costs consume the entire estate—the suit ends in laughter from the lawyers.
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