Upon the surrender of the outstanding bonds, the new bonds shall be issued ratably to the holders of the original outstanding bonds. Each holder of such original bonds shall be entitled to such proportion of the new bonds as the total amount of the principal and interest due him on his original bonds, upon the date of the recordation of the reassessment, bears to the total amount of the principal of the new bonds. In making distribution the legislative body may assign the different bonds and allot maturities in such manner as to it shall seem equitable.

(Added by renumbering Section 8705 by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1465.)

Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 8708

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
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