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EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS

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• EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS (noun)
The noun EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS has 1 sense:

1. a right guaranteed by the 14th amendment to the US constitution and by the due-process clause of the 5th amendment

Familiarity information: EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS used as a noun is very rare.

• EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A right guaranteed by the 14th amendment to the US constitution and by the due-process clause of the 5th amendment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("equal protection of the laws" is a kind of...):

civil right (right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

"Actions speak louder than words."
(English proverb)
"When a fox walks lame, the old rabbit jumps."
(Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"No one knows a son better than the father."
(Chinese proverb)
"If someone isn't handsome by nature, it's useless for them to wash over and over again."
(Corsican proverb)

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