incorporation doctrine

incorporation doctrine
A constitutional doctrine whereby selected provisions of the Bill of Rights are made applicable to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


incorporation doctrine
A constitutional doctrine whereby selected provisions of the bill of rights are made applicable to the states through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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