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Equity claim. Also called a residual claim; a claim to a share of earnings after debt obligations have been satisfied. Equity Claim. The right of a shareholder or some other party to the profit of a company after all prior obligations have been paid. Equity claims are perhaps most important in the event of the company's liquidation.
Today, state tort claims acts modeled after the FTCA are the most prevalent statutory waiver allowing tort claims against the state. These acts either provide a general waiver of immunity with certain exceptions, or reenact immunity with limited waivers that apply only to certain types of claims. State claims acts (as opposed to tort claims acts) are another kind of statute that limit immunity and establish a procedure for claims against the state.