Meaning of equity | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right"
2. Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".
   countable, uncountable
3. The power of a court of law having extra-statutory discretion, to decide legal matters and to provide legal relief apart from, though not in violation of, the prevailing legal code; in some cases, a court "sitting in equity" may provide relief to a complainant should the code be found either inapplicable or insufficient to do so
4. Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England
   countable, uncountable
5. The power of a court of law having extra-statutory discretion, to decide legal matters and to provide legal relief apart from, though not in violation of, the prevailing legal code; in some cases, a court "sitting in equity" may provide relief to a complainant should the code be found either inapplicable or insufficient to do so.
   countable, uncountable
6. The investment made by the owners and shareholders of a company in that company.
7. A right which accrues to a party in a transaction because of the nature of the transaction itself, and which is exercisable upon a change of circumstances or conditions; in other words, an equitable claim
8. A right which accrues to a party in a transaction because of the nature of the transaction itself, and which is exercisable upon a change of circumstances or conditions; in other words, an equitable claim.
   countable, uncountable
9. The state, action, or principle of treating all persons equally in accordance with the law:due process, justice.
10. The body of law which was developed in the English Court of Chancery, which Court had extra-statutory discretion, and is now administered alongside the common law of Britain
11. The body of law which was developed in the English Court of Chancery, which Court had extra-statutory discretion, and is now administered alongside the common law of Britain.
    England, countable, uncountable
12. fairness; justice. billikheid, onpartydigheid إنْصاف، عَدالَه справедливост equidade spravedlnost die Billigkeit rimelighed; retfærdighed δοκαιοσύνη, δίκαιοequidad õiglus انصاف؛ عدالت tasapuolisuus équité הַגִינוּת समान हिस्सा pravednost, pravda jogosság keadilan sanngirni equità 公正 공정 teisingumas, nešališkumas taisnīgums; objektivitāte keadilan billijkheidrettferdighetsprawiedliwość انصاف، عدل، طبيعى حق، اخلاقى عدالت چه قانون دهغه نيمګړى ښكارندوى دى: دعدل روح چه موږ ته دقانون څخه دسم تعبير ق...
13. Various senses related to net value Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances
14. Various senses related to net value
    countable, uncountable
15. Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances.
    countable, uncountable
16. The state or quality of being just and fair.
17. Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.
    countable, uncountable
18. Something that is just and fair.
19. Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets.
    countable, uncountable
20. Law a. Justice achieved not simply according to the strict letter of the law but in accordance with principles of substantial justice and the unique facts of the case.
    Law
21. A player's expected share of the pot.
    countable, uncountable
22. Ownership interest in a corporation, property, or other holding, usually calculated as the value of the holding after subtracting any debt or liabilities.
23. Equality
    countable, nonstandard, uncountable
24. The value of a brand's reputation.
25. Representing an ownership interest: an equity stake.
26. Of or relating to stocks: an equity mutual fund.

Equivalents

Examples

“Sufficeth what they in their graue wiſedoomes ſhall proſcribe, I in no ſorte will ſeeke to acquite, nor preſumptuouſly attempte to diſpute againſt the equity of their iudgementes, but humble and proſtrate appeale to their mercies.”

““One of the staff said, ‘That’s fine, Delia. But what do wolves have to do with equity, justice and inclusion?’" Ms. Malone said.”

“1800, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon in Mayor, &c. of Southampton v. Graves (1800), 8 T. R. 592. A Court of equity knows its own province.”

“A Court of equity interposes only according to conscience.”

“Equity had been gradually shaping itself into a refined science which no human faculties could master without long and intense application.”

“...the mortgagor retains ‘equitable title’ or the ‘equity of redemption’….The equity of redemption permits the mortgagor to regain legal title to the mortgaged property upon satisfying the conditions of the mortgage...”

“The wife's equity does not, according to the adjudged cases, attach, except upon that part of her personal property in action which the husband cannot acquire without the assistance of a court of equity”

“I have a lot of equity in my house.”

“Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.”

“What steps the Government are taking to help ensure equity of opportunity for people from low-income families.”

CEFR level