Legal Definition and Related Resources of Equitable

(1) That which is fair; (2) that which arises from a liberal construction or application of a legal rule or remedy ; (3) that which is in accordance with, or regulated, recognised, or enforced by the rules of equity, as opposed to those of the common law

adjective

• aequus
• deserved
• detached
• disinterested
• dispassionate
• distributingjustice
• equal
• evenhanded
• exhibiting equity
• existing in equity
• fair
• fairminded
• giving each his due
• honest
• honorable
• impartial
• incorrupt
• incorruptible
• iustus
• just
• merited
• meritus
• neutral
• objective
• principled
• proper
• reasonable
• right
• righteous
• scrupulous
• unbiased
• unbigoted
• unchallengeable
• unprejudiced
• upright Associated Concepts: equitable assignment
• equitable charge
• equitable claim
• equitable conversion
• equitable counterclaim equitable defenses
• equitable estate
• equitable estoppfel
• equitable interest
• equitable lien
• equitable life estate
• equitable mortgage
• equitable rate of interest
• equitable recission
• equitable recoupment
• equitable relief
• equitable remedy
• equitable rights
• equitable setoff
• equitable title
• fair and equitable value

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Equitable in Historical Law

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Equitable in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of equitable.

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See Also

• Equity
• Equitable

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• equitable in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• equitable in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Equitable

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Equitable : adj.

1. Recognized by or in accordance with the rules of equity: applied to distinguish certain concepts used in both common or statute law and in equity. For example, assignments and mortgages can be either legal or equitable.

2. Describing a right or concept recognized by the Court of Chancery.

3. Just, fair, and reasonable. For example, a document may have two meanings, one strict and the other (the equitable construction) more benevolent.

Equitable Meaning in the U.S. Court System

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 in certain respects. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in cases at “law” but not in “equity.”