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EQUAL RIGHTS CLAUSE

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The equal rights clause originates from the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that prohibits denying the equal treatment of women at the place of employment as a result of their gender. … [Read more...]

EQUAL RIGHTS STATUTES

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Statutes of law that are based upon the equal protection of the law which prohibits discrimination based upon race, religion, gender, age, creed, political affiliation and other suspect classes. … [Read more...]

EQUITABLE INTEREST

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An actual right in property but not legal ownership, such as a life tenant. Also known as equitable title. … [Read more...]

EQUALITY

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Possessing the same rights, and being liable to the same duties. 2. Persons are all equal before the law, whatever adventitious advantages some may possess over others. All persons are protected by the law, and obedience to it is required from all. 3. Judges in court, while exercising their functions, are all upon an equality, it being a rule that inter pares non est potestas; … [Read more...]

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