Veritas aequitas

[Britney]

Made popular by the tattoos sported by the heroic brothers in Boondock Saints the Phrase Veritas Aequitas is not actually a phrase but rather two seperate words.

Pronounced:
Veritas = VAIR-ee-taws
Aequitas = EK-wee-taws

Veritas: truth
Aequitas: justice, fairness

[Julene]

It isnt Greek; its Latin. [Veritas] et Aeuqtias - [Verity] and [Equity] - Truth and Justice.

[Dianne]

It is quite possible that the words [veritas] and [aequitas] come from the Latin version of Isaiah 59:14 et conversum est retrorsum iudicium et iustitia longe stetit [quia] corruit in platea veritas et aequitas non potuit ingredi -- which translates to the King James version as And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.