equity vs rectitude

equity

noun
  • Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right". 

  • A player's expected share of the pot. 

  • Equality 

  • The body of law which was developed in the English Court of Chancery, which Court had extra-statutory discretion, and is now administered alongside the common law of Britain. 

  • Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances. 

  • Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business. 

  • Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets. 

  • The power of a court of law having extra-statutory discretion, to decide legal matters and to provide legal relief apart from, though not in violation of, the prevailing legal code; in some cases, a court "sitting in equity" may provide relief to a complainant should the code be found either inapplicable or insufficient to do so. 

  • A right which accrues to a party in a transaction because of the nature of the transaction itself, and which is exercisable upon a change of circumstances or conditions; in other words, an equitable claim. 

rectitude

noun
  • Conformity to the rules prescribed for moral conduct; (moral) uprightness, virtue. 

  • Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent. 

How often have the words equity and rectitude occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )