All 3 Uses of
equitable
in
Bleak House
- We are always appearing, and disappearing, and swearing, and interrogating, and filing, and cross-filing, and arguing, and sealing, and motioning, and referring, and reporting, and revolving about the Lord Chancellor and all his satellites, and equitably waltzing ourselves off to dusty death, about costs.†
Chpt 7-9
- Some ill-conditioned growling fellow may say to me, 'What's the use of these legal and equitable abuses?†
Chpt 37-39 *
- Still, there are circumstances which I submit may be taken into account as a set off against any little drawbacks of mine, and so a fair and equitable balance arrived at.†
Chpt 64-65
Definition:
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(equitable) with justice or fairness to all