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Protected Class
protected class n
: a group of people intended by a legislature to benefit from the protection of a statute
;also
: suspect class
Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.