Twenty-first Amendment

American  

noun

1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1933, providing for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, which had outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

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Example Sentences

And on 5 December 1933, Utah approved the Twenty-first Amendment, providing a majority for ratification and consigning national Prohibition to the history books.

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2012

The Twenty-first Amendment was passed in that year, ending Prohibition.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

In 1933, by ratification of all the states, the Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The adoption of the Twenty-first Amendment should give material aid to the elimination of those new forms of crime which came from the illegal traffic in liquor.

From State of the Union Address by Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

Since the adoption of the Twenty-first Amendment, such State legislation is valid whether classified as an inspection law or not.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel