Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Equitable

Equitable , adjective

[French équitable, from équité. See Equity.]

1.
Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as, an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men.
No two... had exactly the same notion of what was equitable. — Macaulay
2.
(Law) That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc. — Abbott