Terms Used In CFR > Title 31 > Subtitle B > Chapter V > Part 596 > Subpart A - Relation of This Part to Other Laws and Regulations

• Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• 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}
• Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.