Equivalent
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Of the same value. Some times a condition must be literally accomplished in forma speeifica; but some may be fulfilled by an equivalent, per aequipollen Sj when such appears to be the intention of the parties.
Ro Ue, Abr. 451; 1 Bouv. Inst, note 760.
In Patent Law. As applied to machines, a de'vice which performs the same result as another, in substantially the same way.
58 Fed. 281.
As applied to the chemical action of fluids, it means "equally good."
7 Wall. (U. S.) 330.