Equal Protection - Law Dictionary Search Results
Competent authority
Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), s. 3 (a)] Means in relation to children in need of care and protection a Committee and in relation to juveniles in conflict with law a Board. [Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection
Civil rights
Act; civil rights include esp. the right to vote, the right of due process, and the right of equal protection of law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 240.
third-party standing
when a party (such as a criminal defendant) challenges the exclusion of a juror who is being denied equal protection by being excluded esp. because of race or gender.
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suspect class
: a class of individuals marked by immutable characteristics (as of race or national origin) and entitled to equal protection of the law by means of judicial scrutiny of a classification that discriminates against or otherwise burdens or
Suspect class
means a class of individuals marked by immutable characteristics (as of race or national origin) and entitled to equal protection of the law by means of judicial scrutiny of a classification that discriminates against or otherwise burdens or
Employer
(ii) in relation to an establishment, the Chief Executive Officer of that establishment. [Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2 (j)(i)(ii)] Means: (i) in relation to
Institution for persons with disabilities
Institution for persons with disabilities, means an institution for the reception, care, protection, education, training rehabilitation or any other service of persons with disabilities. [Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of
intermediate
between extremes [an order] 2 : of, relating to, or being a level of judicial scrutiny to ensure equal protection of the laws that is applied to a statute involving classification of persons and that is more intensive
Under inclusive
not affecting others similarly situated with respect to the purpose of the law and especially in violation of equal protection, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, 508 US 520.
jury
of a particular class (as on the basis of gender, race, or ancestry) from a jury violates the equal protection clause and the defendant's right to a jury trial. A defendant is not, however, entitled to a jury
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