adequate remedy at law

adequate remedy at law
For purposes of rule that a litigant who fails to avail himself of a remedy provided by law and who is subsequently barred from pursuing that remedy because of his own lack of diligence cannot rely on the absence of a remedy at law as a basis for equitable jurisdiction, is one which is as complete, practical and as efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration as a remedy in equity, and which is obtainable as of right. In re Wife, K., Del.Ch., 297 A.2d 424, 426.
As preventing relief by injunction, means a remedy which is plain and complete and as practical and efficient to ends of justice and its prompt administration as a remedy in equity, and although an injunction will issue when legal remedy is inadequate, injunction should not be granted where complainant has an adequate remedy at law. Hancock v. Bradshaw, Tex.Civ. App., 350 S.W.2d 955, 957.
A remedy that affords complete relief with reference to the particular matter in controversy, and is appropriate to the circumstances of the case. Such must reach end intended, and actually compel performance of duty in question. Simpson v. Williams Rural High School Dist., Tex.Civ.App., 153 S.W.2d 852, 856

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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