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FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT

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• FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT (noun)
The noun FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT has 1 sense:

1. an 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

Familiarity information: FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT used as a noun is very rare.

• FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT (noun)

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Meaning:

An 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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

amendment (a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Holonyms ("Fourteenth Amendment" is a part of...):

Constitution of the United States; United States Constitution (the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states)

"Never judge the book by it's cover."
(English proverb)
"Measure twice, cut once."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"The only trick the incapable has, are his tears."
(Arabic proverb)
"Eat a big bite but don't say a big statement."
(Cypriot proverb)

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