English-Thai Dictionary

equity

N ความถูกต้อง  ความยุติธรรม  ความเที่ยงตรง  fairness impartiality justice kwam-tuk-tong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EQUITY

n.[L. oequitas, from oequus, equal, even, level. ] 1. Justice; right. In practice, equity is the impartial distribution of justice, or the doing that to another which the laws of God and man, and of reason, give him a right to claim. It is the treating of a person according to justice and reason.
The Lord shall judge the people with equity. Psalm 98:9.
With righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity. Isaiah 11:4.
2. Justice; impartiality; a just regard to right or claim; as, we must, in equity, allow this claim.
3. In law, an equitable claim. "I consider the wife's equity to be too well settled to be shaken. "
4. In jurisprudence, the correction or qualification of law, when too severe or defective; or the extension of the words of the law to cases not expressed, yet coming within the reason of the law. Hence a court of equity or chancery, is a court which corrects the operation of the literal text of the law, and supplies its defects, by reasonable construction, and by rules of proceeding and deciding, which are not admissible in a court of law. Equity then is the law of reason, exercised by the chancellor or judge, giving remedy in cases to which the courts of law are not competent.
5. Equity of redemption, in law, the advantage, allowed to a mortgager, of a reasonable time to redeem lands mortgaged, when the estate is of greater value than the sum for which it was mortgaged.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EQUITY

Eq "ui *ty, n.; pl. Equities. Etym: [F. équité, L. aequitas, fr. aequus even, equal. See Equal. ]

 

1. Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality. Christianity secures both the private interests of men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and equity. Tillotson.

 

2. (Law )

 

Defn: An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc. I consider the wife's equity to be too well settled to be shaken. Kent.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it. Equity had been gradually shaping itself into a refined science which no human faculties could master without long and intense application. Macaulay.

 

Note: Equitable jurisprudence in England and in the United States grew up from the inadequacy of common-law forms to secure justice in all cases; and this led to distinct courts by which equity was applied in the way of injunctions, bills of discovery, bills for specified performance, and other processes by which the merits of a case could be reached more summarily or more effectively than by common-law suits. By the recent English Judicature Act (1873 ), however, the English judges are bound to give effect, in common-law suits, to all equitable rights and remedies; and when the rules of equity and of common law, in any particular case, conflict, the rules of equity are to prevail. In many jurisdictions in the United States, equity and common law are thus blended; in others distinct equity tribunals are still maintained. See Chancery. Equity of redemption (Law ), the advantage, allowed to a mortgageor, of a certain or reasonable time to redeem lands mortgaged, after they have been forfeited at law by the nonpayment of the sum of money due on the mortgage at the appointed time. Blackstone.

 

Syn. -- Right; justice; impartiality; rectitude; fairness; honesty; uprightness. See Justice.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

equity

eq ui ty |ˈekwitē ˈɛkwədi | ▶noun ( pl. equities ) 1 the quality of being fair and impartial: equity of treatment. • Law a branch of law that developed alongside common law in order to remedy some of its defects in fairness and justice, formerly administered in special courts. • ( Equity ) (in the US, UK, and several other countries ) a trade union to which most professional actors belong. 2 the value of the shares issued by a company: he owns 62 \% of the group's equity. • (equities ) stocks and shares that carry no fixed interest. 3 the value of a mortgaged property after deduction of charges against it. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French equité, from Latin aequitas, from aequus ‘equal. ’

 

equity of redemption

eq ui ty of re demp tion ▶noun Law the right of a mortgagor over the mortgaged property, esp. the right to redeem the property on payment of the principal, interest, and costs.

 

equity stock

eq ui ty stock ▶noun capital stock, either common stock or preferred stock.

 

Oxford Dictionary

equity

equity |ˈɛkwɪti | ▶noun ( pl. equities ) [ mass noun ] 1 the quality of being fair and impartial: equity of treatment. • Law a branch of law that developed alongside common law and is concerned with fairness and justice, formerly administered in special courts. 2 the value of the shares issued by a company: he owns 62 \% of the group's equity. • (equities ) stocks and shares that carry no fixed interest. 3 the value of a mortgaged property after deduction of charges against it. 4 ( Equity ) (in the UK, US, and several other countries ) a trade union to which all professional actors must belong: [ as modifier ] : an Equity card. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French equité, from Latin aequitas, from aequus ‘equal ’.

 

equity of redemption

equity of re |demp |tion ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law the right of a mortgagor over the mortgaged property, especially the right to redeem the property on payment of the principal, interest, and costs.

 

equity stock

eq ui ty stock ▶noun capital stock, either common stock or preferred stock.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

equity

equity noun 1 the equity of Finnish society: fairness, justness, impartiality, egalitarianism; objectivity, balance, open-mindedness. 2 he owns 25 \% of the equity in the property: value, worth; ownership, rights, proprietorship.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

equity

equity noun 1 the equity of Finnish society: fairness, fair-mindedness, justness, justice, equitableness, fair play; impartiality, even-handedness, lack of discrimination /bias /prejudice /bigotry, egalitarianism; honesty, integrity, rightness, rightfulness, rectitude, uprightness, righteousness, properness, decency, goodness, honourableness, scrupulousness, conscientiousness; reasonableness, sensibleness; disinterest, disinterestedness, neutrality, objectivity, balance, open-mindedness. ANTONYMS inequity, imbalance. 2 the builder owns 25 \% of the equity in the property: value, worth, valuation; ownership, rights, proprietorship, right of possession.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

equity

eq ui ty /ékwəti /名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 U ｟かたく ｠公正 , 公平 (fairness ); 正義 .2 U 〘経 〙財産物件の純価 , エクイティ ; 純資産額 [価値 ], 企業資産の持ち分 .3 〖-ties 〗〘株式 〙普通株 〘優先株などと異なり特別の権利を持たない 〙; 普通株主権 .4 U ｟主に英 ｠〘法 〙衡平裁定 ; 衡平法 , エクイティ 〘慣習法 (common law )や制定法 (statute law )の不備を公正と正義の点で補う英米の法律 〙.5 〖E- 〗俳優組合 〘the U.S. and British Actors' Equity Associationの略 〙.