HyperDic: fourteenth_amendment

English > 1 sense of the expression Fourteenth Amendment:
NOUNcommunicationFourteenth Amendmentan amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1868
English > Fourteenth Amendment: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningAn amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1868; extends the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as to the federal government.
Categorylaw, jurisprudenceThe collection of rules imposed by authority
Instance ofamendmentA statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)
Part ofUnited States Constitution, U.S. Constitution, US Constitution, Constitution, Constitution of the United StatesThe constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states

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