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Historically, a court of law is a court with the power to grant monetary damages. Traditionally, English courts followed a distinction between courts of law and the�courts of equity, which could only grant remedies other than monetary damages, including�injunctions,�writs, or�specific performance.�

This distinction has now largely been dissolved.�In the United States, the adoption of�Federal Rules of Civil Procedure�in 1938 gave courts a combined�jurisdiction�over matters of law and equity.� Thus, almost all courts today, with the exceptions of�bankruptcy courts�and certain state courts�perhaps most famously the�Delaware Court of Chancery�are deemed as courts of law that can consider all remedies, monetary or otherwise. �

A court of law may also be used to refer to a court that decides cases on the basis of law.