1) Equal 2) Having the same rank 3) Having the same standing 4) Of like status 5) True partner 6) With the same legal standing 1) Equal 2) Peer 
• (n.) One who is on an equality with another. • (a.) Being on an equality in rank or power.
Co·e'qual adjective [ Latin coaequalis ; co- + aequalis equal.] Being on an equality in rank or power. -- noun One who is on an equality with another. « In once he come to be a cardinal, He'll make his cap coequal with the crown. Shak.
[adj] - having the same standing before the law
coequal 1. Equal in size, rank, or status to something else. 2. Equal with one another, as in rank or size.
adjective having the same standing before the law
equal with another or each other in rank, ability, extent, etc.: The two top students were coequal.