We now know that the Mexican tribe was composed of an association of twenty gentes, that each of these gens was an independent unit, and that all of its members stood on an equal footing.
One of the cardinal principles, we must remember, is that all the members of a gens stand on an equal footing.
Next after the equal suffrage in the Senate stands this provision with its talismanic phrase, equal footing.
Now it is clear that subjection to these perpetual conditions was not considered in any respect inconsistent with that “equal footing” which was stipulated.
New States are to be admitted on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.
In my opinion we can only treat as an independent nation, and on an equal footing.
Mr Jay represents the expediency of treating with America on an equal footing; the inexpediency of attempting to exclude the Americans from the fisheries; and of restricting the western boundary and the navigation of the Mississippi.
Conversation between Mr Jay, the Count d'Aranda, and the Marquis de Lafayette, on the propriety of Spain's treating with America on an equal footing.
The different classes of the public creditors, he observed, were not all put on an equal footing by this bill; but in the bill for the disposal of the Western Territory this had been thought essential.
It may also be remarked, that American and British creditors are placed on an equal footing.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "equal footing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
