(a.) Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men.
(a.) That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) A national plan is proposed for the equitable allocation of extrarenal organs, with particular reference to the liver.
(2) "GNH is an aspiration, a set of guiding principles through which we are navigating our path towards a sustainable and equitable society.
(3) "Unless and until vulnerabilities are addressed effectively, and all people enjoy the opportunity to share in human development progress, development advances will be neither equitable nor sustainable," Clark said, noting that protection for vulnerable people should be included in the sustainable development goals, which will replace the millennium development goals when they expire next year.
(4) Like them, Benjamin is not a revolutionary; he doesn't want to make a new, more free or equitable society.
(5) Well, news from the commuters and the rail users is that we don't like it, and we want a cheaper more equitable service.
(6) It represents a temporary drop in traditionally defined living standards, in exchange for a more equitable and sustainable future – a concept that our grandparents' generation embraced, as they endured rationing but also produced the NHS, social housing and social security.
(7) Continuous modification of the core curriculum in a systematic and equitable manner is essential to meeting the needs of future graduates.
(8) Instead, it was to find out if such abortion was obtainable equitably across Canada, and the answer is "no."
(9) O’Brien’s successor as archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, Leo Cushley, said: “I am confident that the decision of the Holy Father is fair, equitable and proportionate.
(10) Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey said: "While respecting Ineos's right to make this decision, it is regrettable that both parties have not managed to negotiate a fair and equitable settlement that delivers a viable business model for the plant.
(11) This study indicates the need for further analyses of activities by differing patient groupings to facilitate rational and equitable health care planning.
(12) Tanzania should also balance the distribution of resources between urban and rural so as to comply with the objective of the national health policy of comprehensive basic health services equitably to all within the limited available resources and to be able to reach the ultimate goal of health for all the people in the country by the year 2,000.
(13) I will propose a new school funding model from the commonwealth which will be flatter, simpler, fairer to all the states and territories and equitable between students,” he said.
(14) A reliable delivery system and effective management of the system determine the availability and equitable distribution of vaccines.
(15) Greece thus lacked a mechanism to negotiate a social compact to cut wages, pensions, and other obligations in an equitable way.
(16) The rights of individuals to human dignity and charity are well established and could contribute to a peaceful solution in an equitable and humane society.
(17) A laundry facility supplying linen to several hospitals needs to keep a good account of the numbers of different types of linen which enter and leave its premises so as to allocate the costs fairly and equitably among member hospitals.
(18) Fortunately, it is eminently possible to transform our economy so that it is less resource-intensive, and to do it in ways that are equitable, with the most vulnerable protected and the most responsible bearing the bulk of the burden.
(19) So, in the time left to me as editor, I thought I would try to harness the Guardian’s best resources to describe what is happening and what – if we do nothing – is almost certain to occur, a future that one distinguished scientist has termed as “incompatible with any reasonable characterisation of an organised, equitable and civilised global community”.
(20) These would put workers and governments on an equitable footing and give them the chance to establish adequate social protection.
Impartial
Definition:
(a.) Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.
Example Sentences:
(1) That the BBC has probably not been as vulnerable since the 1980s is also true – not least because the enemies of impartiality are more powerful, and the BBC's competitors (maimed after a year's exposure of their own behaviour in the Leveson inquiry ) are keen to wreck it.
(2) We now look forward to a judicial process which will apply impartial analysis and clear legal standards."
(3) This is not about the BBC exercising its charter duties of impartiality, as they maintain.
(4) "We are also fully aware that the BBC has a duty to ensure impartiality in covering the general election.
(5) "The people of Scotland will be given all the information to make their decision … The most important thing is that impartiality can't be seen to be questioned."
(6) An ITV news presenter who has been subject to racist and sexist abuse for her decision not to wear a Remembrance Day poppy said she made her decision in order to be "neutral and impartial on-screen".
(7) The jurors' handbook for New York's southern district lists critical questions to ask potential jurors, such as whether they "have any personal interest in the case, or know of any reason why they cannot render an impartial verdict?"
(8) "I find it quite curious that it's Mark Thompson who is leading the charge about News Corp's plurality when the BBC always put their hands up and say we're impartial.
(9) Speakers, if anything, should be towards the people who are not in government, as actually John Bercow probably has done in the way that he has used urgent questions that we have found inconvenient.” The parliamentary website states: “The Speaker is the chief officer and highest authority of the House of Commons and must remain politically impartial at all times.
(10) The move follows criticism from the Conservative party that its presenter Lord Sugar's role as the government's enterprise tsar compromised the BBC's political impartiality .
(11) He added: "Our focus is on providing the highest quality, most impartial and balanced coverage so audiences have access to the information they need."
(12) Congress can take a simple step to restore confidence in the court’s impartiality and integrity: authorizing its judges to appoint lawyers to serve the public interest when novel legal issues come before it.
(13) "I hope in the future they will show a more sensitive and impartial view to those involved in such heartbreaking events and especially in the lead-up to potentially high-profile court cases."
(14) One, the police cannot be trusted for an impartial first account.
(15) The findings of this study further reinforce the image of the humanitarian system as one that, in breach of the humanitarian principle of impartiality, appears incapable of delivering assistance solely according to needs.
(16) Conservatives have written them; liberals have written them; impartial professionals have written them.
(17) A letter from Edwin Coe solicitors argues that any agreement between the DUP and the Conservatives would compromise the government’s independence and breach the reasonable expectation of the citizens of Northern Ireland, including McClean, that the government will act with rigorous impartiality.
(18) By making comments within a few hours of the death to the effect that police had no other choice but to shoot call into question the ability of Victoria police to conduct the investigation impartially and independently.” Cornelius earlier said he was giving more information than usual to ensure the public understood the full circumstances.
(19) The letter also points out that Sir Peter is not sitting as a judge trying litigation, nor conducting a statutory inquiry, and so has no legal duty to satisfy the tests of impartiality and independence that apply in such cases.
(20) He suggested that this was a political decision and said the NLRB had always been "anything but impartial".