Legal Definition and Related Resources of Segregation

The unconstitutional policy and practise of separating people because of their race, color, religion or national origin .

(Isolation by races), noun

• apartheid
• discrimination
• division by races
• ostracism
• prejudice
• racial prejudice
• racialism
• racism
• separation by races
• Associated Concepts: equal protection clause

(Separation), noun

• classification
• detachment
• differentiation
• disassociation
• disconnection
• disengagement
• dissociation
• distinguishment
• disunion
• division
• grouping
• isolation
• partition
• seiunctio
• setting apart Associated Concepts: segregation of trust funds

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Segregation in Historical Law

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Definition of Plessy V. Ferguson (1896)

In relation to social issues, a meaning of the case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) is provided here: the court ruled that segregation was legal so long as facilities for blacks and whites were equal.

Definition of Segregation

In relation to social issues, a meaning of segregation is provided here: The policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or commercial facilities, especially as a form of discrimination