Establishment Clause — n often cap E&C: a clause in the U.S. Constitution forbidding Congress from establishing a state religion see also amendment i to the constitution in the back matter compare free exercise clause Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law … Law dictionary
Establishment Clause of the First Amendment — The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment refers to the first of several pronouncements in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion .... Together… … Wikipedia
establishment clause — That provision of the First Amendment to U.S. Constitution which provides that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof... . Such language prohibits a state or the federal… … Black's law dictionary
establishment clause — That provision of the First Amendment to U.S. Constitution which provides that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof... . Such language prohibits a state or the federal… … Black's law dictionary
establishment clause — The provision of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States concerning establishment of religion, the meaning of which is that neither a state nor the federal government can set up a church; neither can pass laws which aid one… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Establishment Clause — … Useful english dictionary
(the) Establishment Clause — the Establishment Clause [the Establishment Clause] the article in the ↑First Amendment to the American Constitution which created the separation of Church and State in the US by forbidding the government to establish a state religion. The US… … Useful english dictionary
clause — clausal, adj. /klawz/, n. 1. Gram. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence. 2. a distinct article or provision in a contract, treaty, will, or other formal … Universalium
Establishment — * The Establishment was a term for a traditional conservative ruling class and its institutions. In this context the term may also refer to that which is mainstream. * The Establishment (club), an English satire club in the early 1960s, founded… … Wikipedia
establishment of religion — See establishment clause … Ballentine's law dictionary
