English noun: Fourteenth Amendment | |||
1. | Fourteenth Amendment (communication) 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 | ||
Instance hypernym | amendment | ||
Part meronym | Constitution, Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution, United States Constitution, US Constitution | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||