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Definition of First Amendment

1. Noun. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression; includes freedom of assembly and freedom of the press and freedom of religion and freedom of speech.

Definition of First Amendment

1. Proper noun. The first of ten amendments to the constitution of the United States, collectively known as the Bill of Rights. ¹

2. Adjective. (Chiefly American English) Of or relating to the US Bill of Rights. ¹

3. Adjective. (chiefly US legal) Of or relating to free speech in general. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of First Amendment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Papers of the American Historical Association by American Historical Association (1888)
"THE First Amendment TO THE CONSTITUTION. 2. More important than this clause is the first amendment, which may be called the Magna Charta of religious ..."

2. Church and State in the United States by Philip Schaff (1888)
"THE First Amendment TO THE CONSTITUTION. 2. More important than this clause is the first amendment, which may be called the Magna Charta of religious ..."

3. American State Papers Bearing on Sunday Legislation by William Addison Blakely, Willard Allen Colcord (1911)
"... or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;l or abridging the freedom of speech or of 1 REASON FOR THE First Amendment. When the Constitution first made ..."

4. Journal by Indiana General Assembly. Senate, Indiana, General Assembly, United States Congress Senate (1881)
"That the House do concur in Senate amendments to sections 4, 25, 26 and 27, the first amendment to section 29; to section 31; to the first and second ..."

5. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"The vote for reconsidering being taken and passed, On the question to agree to the first amendment, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. Bland, ..."

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