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equity Noun pl -ties 1. the quality of being impartial; fairness 2. Law a system of using principles of natural justice and fair conduct to reach a judgment when common law is inadequate or inappropriate 3. the difference in value between a person's debts and the value of the property on which they are secured: negative equity [Latin aequus level, equal] Equity Noun Brit, Austral, & NZ the actors' trade union
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equity noun fairness, justice, integrity, honesty, fair play, righteousness, impartiality, rectitude, reasonableness, even-handedness, fair-mindedness, uprightness, equitableness << OPPOSITE unfairness Translations n equity [ˈekwəti] fairness; justice. billikheid, onpartydigheid إنْصاف، عَدالَه справедливост spravedlnost rimelighed; retfærdighed die Billigkeit δοκαιοσύνη, δίκαιο equidad õiglus انصاف؛ عدالت oikeudenmukaisuus équité הַגִינוּת समान हिस्सा pravednost, pravda jogosság keadilan sanngirni equità 公正 공명 정대 teisingumas, nešališkumas taisnīgums; objektivitāte keadilan billijkheid rettferdighet sprawiedliwość equidade echitate справедливость spravodlivosť pravica pravednost rättvisa ความถูกต้อง adalet, insaf, hakkaniyet 公平 справедливість; неупередженість منصفی tính công bằng 公平 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Surely there is in some sort a right in every suit; either a right of equity, if it be a suit of controversy; or a right of desert, if it be a suit of petition. When equity may and should be brought into play, press not the utmost rigour of the law against the guilty; for the reputation of the stern judge stands not higher than that of the compassionate. Whether those pleading orators were persons educated in the general knowledge of equity, or only in provincial, national, and other local customs? |
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