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101equitable lien — A right, not existing at law, to have specific property applied in whole or in part to payment of a particular debt or class of debts. Morrison Flying Service v. Deming Nat. Bank, C.A.N.M., 404 F.2d 856, 861. An equitable lien arises either from… …
102equitable life estate — An interest in real or personal property which lasts for the life of the hofe of the estate and which is equitable as contrasted with legal in its creation as in the case of a beneficiary of a trust who has a life estate under the trust …
103equitable recoupment — Rule of the law which diminishes the right of a party invoking legal process to recover a debt, to the extent that he holds money or property of his debtor, to which he has no moral right, and it is ordinarily a defensive remedy going only to… …
104equitable action — One seeking an equitable remedy or relief; though in the federal and most state courts, with the procedural merger of law and equity, there is now procedurally only one type of action a civil action. Fed.R. Civil P. 2 …
105equitable assignment — An assignment which, though invalid at law, will be recognized and enforced in equity; e.g., an assignment of a chose in action, or of future acquisitions of the assignor. Stewart v. Kane, Mo.App., Ill S.W.2d 971, 974. In order to work an… …
106equitable defense — Formerly, a defense which was only available in a court of equity. With the procedural merger of law and equity however, equitable defenses can be raised along with legal defenses in same action. Fed.R. Civil P. 8 …
107equitable doctrine of approximation — This doctrine differs from cy pres doctrine in purpose and application. The last mentioned doctrine applies where an apparent charitable intention has failed, whether by an incomplete disposition at the outset or by subsequent inadequacy of the… …
108equitable estoppel — The doctrine by which a person may be precluded by his act or conduct, or silence when it is his duty to speak, from asserting a right which he otherwise would have had. Mitchell v. Mclntee, 15 Or.App. 85, 514 P.2d 1357, 1359. The effect of… …
109equitable lien — A right, not existing at law, to have specific property applied in whole or in part to payment of a particular debt or class of debts. Morrison Flying Service v. Deming Nat. Bank, C.A.N.M., 404 F.2d 856, 861. An equitable lien arises either from… …
110equitable life estate — An interest in real or personal property which lasts for the life of the hofe of the estate and which is equitable as contrasted with legal in its creation as in the case of a beneficiary of a trust who has a life estate under the trust …
