Loving

See also: loving

English

Proper noun

Loving (countable and uncountable, plural Lovings)

1. A surname.
2. A placename
   1. A village in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States
   2. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States
   3. An unincorporated community in Young County, Texas, United States
   4. Ellipsis of Loving County.
3. (US, law, sexuality, US politics, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of Loving v. Virginia. A 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized interacial marriage under the Equal Protection and Due Process; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.

   Coordinate terms: Eisenstadt, Obergefell, substantive due process

Derived terms

• County of Loving
• Loving County
• Lovingston

 

Anagrams

• voling