equitable
adjUS /ˈɛk.wɪ.tə.bəl/
Etymology From French équitable, from Old French, from equité (“equity”).
1
Marked by or having equity.
2
Fair, just, or impartial.
- I may justly require you to produce that argument; nor have you any pretence to refuse so equitable a demand.1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 33:
- Security can be obtained but by defined rights, and these can be ensured only by equitable laws.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 254:
3
Law Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law; relating to equity or courts of equity.
- Derived terms
- equitableness, equitable tolling, equitably, inequitable, unequitable
- Related terms
- equity, equitabilis