equity

equity
equity early 14c., from O.Fr. equite (13c.), from L. aequitatem (nom. aequitas) "equality, conformity, symmetry, fairness," from aequus "even, just, equal" (see EQUAL (Cf. equal)). As the name of a system of law, 1590s, from Roman naturalis aequitas, the general principles of justice which corrected or supplemented the legal codes.

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