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Definition of Eighteenth Amendment

1. Noun. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages; repealed in 1932.

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Literary usage of Eighteenth Amendment

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

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"The Eighteenth Amendment gave no such power to Congress. Manufacture, sale and transportation are the things prohibited; not personal use. ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
""The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and the 'National Prohibition Act,' popularly known as the Volstead Act, ..."

3. A Treatise on Criminal Law and Procedure by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1919)
"... the regulation of the subject-matter by the superior power conferred by the Constitution." § 759. The Eighteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution. ..."

4. Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918 by Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1919)
"The second objection to a division of the amendment arises out of the last clause in the eighteenth amendment, which is as follows: "... and such moneys ..."

5. The Year Book of the United States Brewers' Association by United States Brewers' Association (1920)
"In other words, if the so-called Eighteenth Amendment be lawful, then the States are not in truth indestructible. It must be manifest that the precedent ..."

6. The American Political Science Review (1920)
"The court also disposed of the argument that the eighteenth amendment violates the tenth amendment by invading the reserved authority of the states. ..."

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