ETHNIC GROUP - A set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of common cultural traditions or heritage. 18 USC ...
"... typically ethnic groups with a common language and a common sense of comunity....
"Nationhood is a demographic and psychological phenomenon. Statehood is a formal-legal phenomenon." ...
Further 1999 estimates of the average age of foreign-born racial and ethnic groups range from seven to eleven years older than the U.S. total population estimates for the respective groups.
Bias can be toward an ethnic group, women or men, defendants or plaintiffs, large corporations, or local parties. Getting a "hometown" decision is a form of bias which is the bane of the out-of-town lawyer.
 See also: Law, Reference, Community, Action, Term
  
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