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  • 51equitable remedy — Court ordered action that directs parties to do or not to do something; such remedies include injunctive relief and specific performance. Alternatively, a non monetary remedy, such as an injunction or specific performance, obtained when a legal… …

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  • 52equitable subordination — the lowering of priority of a claim because the holder of the claim is found to be guilty of some kind of improper conduct (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy Terms) The action by which a court postpones payment to one creditor until others are paid.… …

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  • 53equitable adoption — n: an adoption recognized by the law in order to allow claims (as to assets in an estate or to insurance or government benefits) in cases in which there is an express or implied contract to adopt and clear evidence of an intention to adopt but no …

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  • 54equitable asset — see asset 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 55equitable conversion — see conversion Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 56equitable election — n: the choice that a beneficiary of an instrument (as a will) must make to forgo a challenge to the instrument and accept the benefit or vice versa Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 57equitable estate — see estate 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 58equitable fraud — see fraud Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 59equitable owner — see owner Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 60equitable subrogation — n: subrogation (1) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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