DOUBLE STANDARD

By SovConn | July 23, 2014

double standard.A set of principles permitting greater opportunity or greater lenience for one

class  of  people  than  for  another,  usu.  based  on  a  difference  such  as  gender  or  race.  See

DISCRIMINATION. [Cases: Civil Rights    1007, 1033(3). C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 2–5, 7–9, 11–13,

18, 20, 23–24, 44.] [Blacks Law 8th]

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