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Definition of Equal protection of the laws
1. Noun. A right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Equal Protection Of The Laws
Literary usage of Equal protection of the laws
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"... a recovery of damages for stock killed or injured in excess of its value, and
also that it denied to the defendant the equal protection of the laws, ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"... gasoline does not infringe the gasoline distributors' rights under Const.
Amend. 14, guaranteeing due process of law and equal protection of the laws. ..."
3. Principles of Labor Legislation by John Rogers Commons, John Bertram Andrews (1920)
"Equal Protection of the Laws. ... and therefore did not conflict with the
constitution which guarantees to each individual the equal protection of the laws. ..."
4. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"... persons were allowed to receive reason able profits upon the capital they had
invested, the companies were deprived of the equal protection of the laws. ..."
5. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"... persons were allowed to receive reasonable profits upon the capital they had
invested, the companies were deprived of the equal protection of the laws. ..."
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