Countervailing equity
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
See Equity.
Defined under Countervail in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A contrary and balancing equity; an equity or right opposed to that which is songht to be enforced or recognized, and which ought not to be sacrificed or subordinated to the latter, because it is of equal strength and justice, and equally deserving of consideration.