a. | 1. | Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; |
2. | (Law) That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; |
Adj. | 1. | equitable - implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children" Synonyms: just Antonyms: inequitable, unjust - not equitable or fair; "the inequitable division of wealth"; "inequitable taxation" |
EQUITABLE. That which is in conformity to the natural law. Wolff, Inst. Sec. 83.
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