Definition of Equitably

1. Adverb. In an equitable manner. "The inheritance was equitably divided among the sisters"

Partainyms: Equitable
Antonyms: Inequitably

Definition of Equitably

1. adv. In an equitable manner; justly; as, the laws should be equitably administered.

Definition of Equitably

1. Adverb. In an equitable manner ¹

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Definition of Equitably

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equitably

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Literary usage of Equitably

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1899)
"Money Received Which Equitably Belongs to Another.— By the well-settled doctrines of equity, a constructive trust arises whenever one party has obtained ..."

2. A Treatise on the Specific Performance of Contracts by Edward Fry (1892)
"The following circumstances require con- equitably sideration in actions of this ... The plaintiff in some cases has been only equitably entitled to the ..."

3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1890)
"In accordance with this principle, if a surety is compelled to pay the debt of his principal he is equitably entitled to be subrogated to all the rights and ..."

4. English Farming Past & Present by Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1917)
"... literary attack on enclosures; the practical defence of enclosures : larger farms in separate occupation: loss of employment; enclosures equitably ..."

5. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"In every domestic relation it also lays down, fairly and equitably, the duties on both sides, viz. of servants and masters, of husbands and wives, ..."

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