Equity vs. Equality

By Jaxson

  • Equity (noun)

    Fairness, right”.

  • Equity (noun)

    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.

  • Equity (noun)

    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.

  • Equity (noun)

    Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances.

  • Equity (noun)

    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.

  • Equity (noun)

    Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.

  • Equity (noun)

    Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets.

  • Equity (noun)

    A player’s expected share of the pot.

  • Equality (noun)

    The fact of being equal.

  • Equality (noun)

    The fact of being equal, of having the same value.

  • Equality (noun)

    The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

Wiktionary
  • Equality (noun)

    the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities

    “an organization aiming to promote racial equality”

  • Equality (noun)

    a symbolic expression of the fact that two quantities are equal; an equation.

Oxford Dictionary

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