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▸ noun: (law) Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England
▸ noun: (law) 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.
▸ noun: (law) 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.
▸ noun: (law, England) 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.
▸ noun: (finance) Various senses related to net value
▸ noun: (law, finance) Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances.
▸ noun: (business) Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.
▸ noun: (accounting) Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets.
▸ noun: (poker) A player's expected share of the pot.
▸ noun: (nonstandard) Equality
Similar:
fairness,
investment,
nonequity,
equitability,
equality,
liquidity,
valuation,
underwriting,
mortgage,
debt,
more...
Opposite:
Types:
common stock,
preferred stock,
warrants,
warrant,
warrant stock,
warrant bond,
warrant certificate,
more...
Phrases:
Adjectives:
social,
greater,
common,
horizontal,
intergenerational,
private,
debt,
foreign,
total,
natural,
educational
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