Legal Definition and Related Resources of Nepotism
Meaning of Nepotism
The bestowal of patronage by public officers in appointing others to position by reason of blood or marital relationship to the appointing authority . state ex inf. Stephens v Fletchall, (Mo.) 412 S. W.2d 423. The term is also used to designate a similar relationship in a private context such as in employment in general . See McSpadden v Mullins, (C.A.Ark.)456 F.2d428.
Synonyms of Nepotism
noun
- bias
- corruptibility
- corruption
- family patronage
- favor
- favoritism
- inequitableness
- inequity
- injustice
- interest
- leaning
- partiality
- partisanism
- partisanship
- patronage
- preferential treatment
- undetachment
- unfairness
- unjustness
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