New Mexico Statutes 49-5-1. [Management vested in boards of trustees; exception.]
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That the management and control of the community land grants within the county of Dona Ana, in the state of New Mexico, and the legal and equitable title to all the lands within the exterior boundaries of such grants to which any colony or community is entitled on February 23, 1905, are hereby vested in boards of trustees, each of which shall be elected as in this article provided: provided, however, that nothing in this article shall be construed to in any way affect any land grant now incorporated under the provisions of any general or special act.
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 49-5-1
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts