do equity

do equity. (Of one who seeks an equitable remedy) to treat or offer to treat the other party as fairly as is necessary, short of abandoning one’s own legal rights, to bring about a fair result. • The phrase derives from the maxim “One who seeks equity must do equity.” See CLEAN-HANDS DOCTRINE.

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