Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    Such as denies rights to one which are accorded to others, or inflicts upon one a more severe penalty than is imposed upon another in like case offending. See 99 Mich. 151, 41 Am. St. Rep. 589, 22 L. R. A. 696, 57 N. W. 1094.