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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
written agreement (a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties)
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