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  • 1equity equivalent contingent participation —    American    a loan illegally tied to future profitability    One of the evasions describing methods which allow banks to participate in speculative ventures:     Our interest wouldn t be in stock, of course. Glass Steagall rules that out. It d …

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  • 2Equity release — is a means of retaining use of your house or other object which has capital value, while also obtaining a steady stream of income, using the value of the house.The catch is that you have to re pay the income provider at a later stage, usually… …

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  • 3Equity theory — attempts to explain relational satisfaction in terms of perceptions of fair/unfair distributions of resources within interpersonal relationships. It was first developed in 1962 by John Stacy Adams, a workplace and behavioral psychologist, who… …

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  • 4equity security — see security Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. equity security …

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  • 5equity securities — Broadly: • Shares that carry an unlimited right to participate in a distribution of income and capital (relevant shares). • A right to subscribe for, or convert securities into, relevant shares (section 94, Companies Act 1985). For the purposes… …

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  • 6equity — Justice administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law. It is based on a system of rules and principles which originated in England as an alternative to the harsh rules of common law and which… …

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  • 7equity — Justice administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law. It is based on a system of rules and principles which originated in England as an alternative to the harsh rules of common law and which… …

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  • 8equity accounting — The practice of showing in a company s accounts a share of the undistributed profits and a share of the net assets of another company in which it holds a share of the equity (usually a share of between 20% and 50%). The share of profit shown by… …

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  • 9equity aids the vigilant and diligent — A maxim of equity, sometimes stated as equity aids the vigilant, not the sluggards. The Latin form is aequitas subvenit vigilantibus non dormientibus. In application, the maxim is essentially the equivalent of the doctrine of estoppel. Equity… …

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  • 10Private equity — In finance, private equity is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange. There is a wide array of types and styles of private equity and the term private equity has… …

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