equitable waste

equitable waste
Acts which at law would not be deemed waste under the circumstances of the case, but which, in the view of a court of equity are regarded as waste from their manifest injury to the inheritance, although such acts are not inconsistent with the legal rights of the party who commits them. 56 Am J1st Waste § 5.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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