equality before the law

The status or condition of being treated fairly according to regularly established norms of justice; esp., in British constitutional law, the notion that all persons are subject to the ordinary law of the land administered by the ordinary law courts, that officials and others are not exempt from the general duty of obedience to the law, that discretionary governmental powers must not be abused, and that the task of superintending the operation of law rests with an impartial, independent judiciary.

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词条贡献者

译者成昱，毕业于世界顶级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与集体诉讼相关的法律文件。