articles of confederation
1Articles de confédération — Articles de la Confédération Textes fondateurs des États Unis Déclaration d indépendance Articles de la Confédération Constitution Déclaration des Droits (1776) (1777) (1787) (1789) …
2Articles of Confederation — n. The document that formalized the agreement between the original thirteen states of the Union. It was written in 1777, enacted in 1781, and replaced by the Constitution in 1789. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of… …
3Articles of confederation — Confederation Con*fed er*a tion, n. [L. confoederatio: cf. F. conf[ e]d[ e]ration.] 1. The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states. [1913 Webster] The three princes enter …
4Articles of Confederation — n. the first constitution of the thirteen original states, in effect from 1781 to 1789 …
5Articles of Confederation — Infobox document document name=Articles of Confederation image width=200px image caption=Page I of the Articles of Confederation date created=November 15, 1777 date ratified=March 1, 1781 location of document= writer=Continental Congress… …
6Articles of Confederation — Article Ar ti*cle, n. [F., fr. L. articulus, dim. of artus joint, akin to Gr. ?, fr. a root ar to join, fit. See {Art}, n.] 1. A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more… …
7Articles of Confederation — Die Konföderationsartikel Die Konföderationsartikel (engl. Articles of Confederation), waren die erste verfassungsrechtliche Grundlage der Vereinigten Staaten und Vorläufer der amerikanischen Verfassung von 1789. Sie waren von 1781 bis 1789 in… …
8Articles of Confederation — Articles of Con|fed|e|ra|tion, the an agreement made in 1781 by the 13 original colonies of the US, which established a government for the US, and which was used as the basic law of the country until the Constitution of the United States was… …
9Articles of Confederation — the first constitution of the 13 American states, adopted in 1781 and replaced in 1789 by the Constitution of the United States. * * * Early U.S. constitution (1781–89) under the government by the Continental Congress, replaced in 1787 by the U.S …
10Articles of Confederation — The instrument forming the Confederation of the original thirteen states of the Union which was in force from March 1, 1781, to March 4, 1789. Owings v Speed, 18 US (5 Wheat) 420, 5 L Ed 124. It formed a mere league of states, not a union of,… …
