political equity

political equity
Those principles to be followed by states or nations in adjusting matters or controversies between them, such to be distinguished from the equity administered by a court of equity. Rhode Island v Massachusetts (US) 12 Pet 657, 738, 9 L Ed 1233, 1266.

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