Equitable construction
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A construction of a law, rule, or remedy which has regard more to the equities of the particular transaction or state of affairs involved than to the strict application of the rule or remedy ; that is, a liberal and extensive construction, as opposed to a literal and restrictive.
Smiley v. Sampson, 1 Neb. 91.