en|trenched clause

en|trenched clause: en|trenched clause «ehn TREHNCHT»,

Politics. a legal or constitutional clause that may only be altered or repealed by an act of the legislature or with the approval of all the states of a country: »The Smith government moved to amend the constitution without regard to entrenched clauses (Atlantic).

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United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium

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