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EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The right to equal protection of the laws
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("equality before the law" is a kind of...):
human right ((law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law))