different between lawful vs equitable
lawful
English
Alternative forms
- lawfull (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English laweful, equivalent to law +? -ful, conflated with Middle English leful, leeful, leveful (“according to law, lawful, pertaining to law”). See also leveful.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l??f?l/
- Rhymes: -??f?l
Adjective
lawful (comparative more lawful, superlative most lawful)
- (law) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.
- Lawful money is always a land asset and can only be issued by an actual land jurisdiction government — not a corporation.
- Synonyms: just, legal, legitimate, licit
- Antonyms: nonlawful, unlawful
- Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.
Related terms
- lawfully
- lawfulness
Translations
Noun
lawful (plural lawfuls)
- (role-playing games) A character having a lawful alignment.
Anagrams
- awfull
Middle English
Adjective
lawful
- Alternative form of laweful
lawful From the web:
- what lawful means
- what lawful am i
- what's lawful evil
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- what's lawful discrimination
equitable
English
Alternative forms
- æquitable (obsolete)
Etymology
From French équitable, from Old French, from equité (“equity”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??k.w?.t?.b?l/
Adjective
equitable (comparative more equitable, superlative most equitable)
- Marked by or having equity.
- Fair, just, or impartial.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 33.
- 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, 1973. § 33.
- (law) Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law.
Related terms
- equity
Translations
See also
- equitabilis
Middle French
Alternative forms
- aequitable
Adjective
equitable m or f (plural equitables)
- equitable (fair, just, even, balanced)
Descendants
- French: équitable
- English: equitable
equitable From the web:
- what equitable means
- what equitable interest
- what equitable distribution means
- what's equitable title
- what's equitable mortgage
- what's equitable relief
- what equitable remedies are available in law
- what's equitable ownership
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