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isonomy

(aɪˈsɒnəmɪ)
n
1. (Law) the equality before the law of the citizens of a state
2. (Law) the equality of civil or political rights
isonomic, iˈsonomous adj
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isonomy

the possession of equal political and legal rights by all citizens of a state.
See also: Politics
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Isonomy, Austerity, and the Right to Choose Counsel, 51 IND.
Here we see the hard kernel (zoccolo duro), and distinctive isonomy of Parmenides' approach, and perhaps the very reason for the poem's existence, and a page out of the book of the concrete everydayness of a social setting.
The significant increase in the possibility of private patient care in the english NHS scratches isonomy and can reduce the effective universality of access.
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Female inequality, as seen, is not a merely sociological issue but also a health and nutritional problem, and society as whole has the duty to fight for isonomy between genders in favor of a fairer and equalitarian feminine life.
In addition, tautosophy (tautology as noun) and isonomy (isocratic as noun) are known as competitive forces between life and death.
Various levels of observation have been carried out, including isonomy, qualitative and quantitative anthropometric measures, and immunologic methods, including DNA analysis.
That's why it is true that the efficacy of the precedents consolidates at least four principles: the principle of legal certainty, economy, procedural fastness and isonomy.