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Noun: Fourteenth Amendment
  1. (law) 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
    - Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Type of: amendment

Part of: Constitution, Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution, United States Constitution, US Constitution

Encyclopedia: Fourteenth Amendment