eighteenth amendment

Noun
  1. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920;
    Prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages;
    Repealed in 1932 (synset 106741747)
    domain category: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    instance hypernym: amendment - a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)
    part meronym: constitution, constitution of the united states, u.s. constitution, united states constitution, us constitution - the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states

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