what does equal protection of the laws mean?
EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS as NOUN
- Meaning
- a right guaranteed by the 14th amendment to the US constitution and by the due-process clause of the 5th amendment
Hypernyms(s) equal protection of the laws is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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