equal rights

equal rights
The concept that every person is to be treated equally by the law.

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  • Equal Rights Amendment — n. An amendment to the Constitution that was proposed but never ratified that would have prevented the states or nation from denying people equality based on sex. abbrv. ERA The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of… …   Law dictionary

  • Equal Rights Amendment — n. a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution stating that civil rights may not be denied to a resident of the U.S. on account of sex * * * (abbr the ERA) a proposal for an amendment to the US Constitution which would give women equal rights… …   Universalium

  • Equal Rights Amendment — Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution providing for equal rights of both sexes: »The Equal Rights Amendment…cannot go into effect until 38 states have ratified it (Milton Greenberg). Abbr.: ERA (no… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Equal Rights (Latvia) — Equal Rights ( lv. Līdztiesība; ER) was a political party in Latvia, mainly supported by the Russian minority. ER was founded on the basis of Equal Rights faction (established 1990) in Latvia s parliament as an NGO in 1993, and transformed to a… …   Wikipedia

  • Equal Rights Amendment — n. a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution stating that civil rights may not be denied to a resident of the U.S. on account of sex …   English World dictionary

  • Equal Rights (motto) — Equal Rights is the state motto of Wyoming. It references that Wyoming is called the Equality State , as it was the first U.S. state to legally recognize women s suffrage (the right to vote), in 1869 …   Wikipedia

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