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UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states
Synonyms:
Constitution; Constitution of the United States; U.S. Constitution; United States Constitution; US Constitution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
constitution; fundamental law; organic law (law determining the fundamental political principles of a government)
Meronyms (parts of "United States Constitution"):
advice and consent (a legal expression in the United States Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President's powers of appointment and treaty-making)
Bill of Rights (a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution))
Fourteenth Amendment (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)
Eighteenth Amendment (an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages; repealed in 1932)
Nineteenth Amendment (an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; guarantees that no state can deny the right to vote on the basis of sex)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
