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Equal Protection Clause - Legal Definition

n

The provision of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that prohibits states from denying equal protection of laws to its citizens. 
Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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