ABSTRACT The suit of Lambe v Finch (1626), at first glance, appears to offer evidence that the court of chancery’s jurisdiction to relieve expectant heirs from the consequences of their improvident bargains had at this time not yet developed to the point it was to reach in the latter part of the seventeenth century. However, if a contextual case study approach is taken, the significance of this particular suit to the development of the jurisdiction changes. By going beyond the information contained in the enrolled decree, a clearer – and qualitatively different – picture emerges; one which offers a more nuanced understanding of the jurisdiction to relieve expectant heirs, and sheds light on the involvement of one individual with the court of chancery in the early seventeenth century.

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兰贝诉芬奇案 (1626)：17 世纪早期的预期继承人大法官诉讼案

摘要 Lambe v Finch (1626) 的诉讼乍一看似乎提供了证据，表明大法官法院的管辖权在此时尚未发展到要达到的程度，以减轻预期的继承人从他们的即兴交易的后果中在十七世纪下半叶。但是，如果采用上下文案例研究方法，这种特殊诉讼对司法管辖区发展的重要性就会发生变化。通过超越已登记法令中包含的信息，出现了更清晰且性质不同的图景；一项对减轻准继承人的管辖权提供了更细致入微的理解，并阐明了一个人在 17 世纪初参与大法官法庭的情况。