| 词汇 | equal-protection |
| 释义 | equal protection noun[ U ] law, politics specializeduk /ˌiː.kwəl prəˈtek.ʃən/ us /ˌiː.kwəl prəˈtek.ʃən/ a principle included in the 14th amendment of the US Constitution that says all people must be treated equally by the law（美国宪法第十四修正案的）平等保护条款 Rules & laws administrative admiralty anti-bribery anti-regulatory anti-sodomy binding blue law invocation juridical juridically juristic land tenure legislation provision Rafferty's rules the law is an assidiom the rule of law uncalled uncanonical unenforceable You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: UK politics: legislation & law-making All are entitled to equal rights and equal protection. It is persons "within its jurisdiction" that are entitled to equal protection from a State. Justice Black dissented on the ground that the equal protection clause was violated. Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by act of Congress. The equal protection clause does not exact uniformity of procedure. equal protection | American Dictionaryequal protection noun[ U ] us/ˈi·kwəl prəˈtek·ʃən/ US history a principle included in the 14th amendment that says all people are to be treated equally by the law equal protection | Business Englishequal protection noun[ U ] LAW USukus the idea that those responsible for making sure laws are obeyed should deal with every person or organization in the same way: Both state-run and private schools should have equal protection under the law. Examples of equal protectionequal protection It also freed them from the confines of the equalprotection test. The argument, as she now spells it out, would invoke the "fundamental right" line of equalprotection cases. In short, equalprotection of the laws meant that regulations had been worked out by experts. But how flexibly could municipal authorities apply these regulations without violating the equalprotection clause? If those experts crafted a comprehensive plan, designed to promote public safety and welfare (as affirmed by the experts themselves), the ordinance provided equalprotection of the laws. Guided by nuisance analogies and the due process and equalprotection tests, courts had shown their willingness to override private rights where public health and safety were concerned. These responses to the equalprotection and due process tests suggested strategies for expanding the scope of legitimate regulation beyond the primary purposes of the police power. Even though the phrase 'equality before the law' was accompanied with 'equalprotection of the law', women's groups were not impressed and asked for stronger words. So while the height limit applied to only one section of a large city, the ordinance did not deny equalprotection of the law to all classes of buildings. This would mean that the courts would not have to infer that equality of benefits was included under either equality before the law or equalprotection of the law. Why should not the landlord be given equalprotection by giving him the right to recover the money if he does the repairs himself? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, closer examination reveals that the idea of equalprotection in law is flawed, for a number of reasons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We aim for equalprotection and for harmonisation. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Yes, but we are willing to look at other forms of governance provided that they offer similar or equalprotection to that of trustee law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to register my party's opposition to clause 49, as amended in the other place, and our commitment to equalprotection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of equal protection These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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