equitable relief

collocation in English

meaningsofequitableandrelief

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equitable
adjective
uk
/ˈek.wɪ.tə.bəl/us
/ˈek.wɪ.t̬ə.bəl/
treating everyone fairly and in the ...
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relief
noun
uk
/rɪˈliːf/us
/rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or ...
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(Definition ofequitableandrelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofequitable relief

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The maxim that one should not be permitted to profit by his own wrong of itself is insufficient upon the facts to entitle the plaintiffs toequitablerelief.
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The relief that we expect in this matter is only anequitablerelief.
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The steel companies focused on the issue ofequitablerelief.
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Fee awards under this civil rights statute are consideredequitablereliefrather than damages, and government entities are not immune fromequitablerelief.
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It is unnecessary to inquire into the sufficiency of other grounds forequitablereliefwhich are alleged in the bill.
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Whether legal damages orequitablereliefare requested depends largely on if the remedy can be valued.
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The court is also authorized to awardequitablereliefof up to 3 times the actual damages.
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It simply does not apply sensibly to cases where injunctive relief or otherequitablereliefis being sought, and that is very often the case in legal aid matrimonial cases.
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Another type of remedy is declaratory relief, where a court determines the rights of the parties to an action without awarding damages or orderingequitablerelief.
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This complaint states that one or more plaintiffs seeks damages orequitablerelieffrom one or more stated defendants, and identifies the legal and factual bases for doing so.
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