Equivalent - Indian Laws - General

Word equivalent Black s law dictionary in which `equivalent as an adjective is defined as equal in value, force, measure, volume, power, and effect or having equal or corresponding import, meaning or significance; alike, identical. . Chambers 21st Dictionary defines equivalent as equal in value, power or meaning . Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines the word as an adjective as Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc. (equivalent to) having the same or a similar effect as . New Webster s Dictionary defines equivalent as Equal in value, measure, force, effect, or significance; corresponding in position or function; Webster s Third New International Dictionary defines it as an adjective as 1: equal in force or amount equal in area or volume but not admitting of superposition ( a square ~ to a triangle) 2 a: like in signification or import 3 a: equal in value : COMPENSATIVE. WORDS AND PHRASES Permanent Edition Vol.15 at p.157 defines `equivalent as follows: To be `equivalent to means to be equal in value, to be the same, corresponding to and to be worth. Desoe v. Desoe, 23 N. E. 2d 82, 83, 304 Mass. 231 . The word equivalent has been defined to mean equal in value, area, volume, force, meaning, or the like; synonym: alike, identical. Nahas v. Nahas, 90 P. 2d 223, 224, 59 Nev. 220 The Advanced law Lexicon 3rd Edition 2005 Book 2 defines `equivalent as follows: Equal in worth or value. Equal in value, measure, force, effect etc. EQUIVALENT, EQUAL. Equal expresses the fact that two things agree in anything which is capable of degree, e.g., in quantity, quality, value, bulk, number, proportion, rate, rank, and the like. Equivalent is equal in such properties as affect ourselves or the use which we make of things, such as value, force, power, effect impact and the like (as) Equivalent of money. GODREJ AND BOYCE MANUFACTURING VERSUS STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS - 2009 (2) TMI 856 - SUPREME COURT