equity judge

Law : A judge who tries equity cases: the judge of a chancery court. e-quiv-a-lence, s . [Fr., from Low Lat. æquiv alentia, from Lat. æquivalens , pr. par. of æquivaleo =to be of equal worth: æquus = equal, and valeo = to be worth; Sp. equivalencia ; Ital. equivalenzia .] 1. The state or condition of being equivalent or of equal worth; equality of worth, signification, or force. "To show the equivalance of these three definitions."Everett: The C. G. S. System of Units (1875), ch. iii., p. 12. *2. An equivalent amount. "I fear you will not find an equivalence of amusement." -Goldsmith: To Rev. H. Goldsmith. equivalence of force. Nat. Phil .: The equality of forces differing from each other in character, but any one of which may be transformed into any other one. *e-quiv-a-lençe, v . t . [EQUIVALENCE, 8.] To be equal or equivalent to; to counterbalance. "Whether the transgre ion of Eve seducing did not exceed Adam seduced, or whether the resistibility of his reason did not equivalence the facility of her seduction, we shall refer to schoolmen."- Browne : Vulgar Errors, bk. i., ch. i.