| NOUN | attribute | equal protection of the laws | a right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment |
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| Meaning | A right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment. | |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | 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 |
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