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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

an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.

the ˌFourteenth Aˈmendment 7 [Fourteenth Amendment] noun singular

a change made to the US Constitution in 1866 that gave all Americans equal rights and allowed former ↑slaves to become citizens

The Fourteenth Amendment gave all Americans the right to ↑due process of law and to equal protection by the law. It was passed by ↑Congress in 1866 and received the approval of the states two years later.