enumeration clause

noun

variants or Enumeration Clause

: a clause in Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution requiring a count of the population in each state every ten years for the purpose of apportioning representatives

called also census clause

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for enumeration clause

• ahs
• baas
• cause
• claws
• coz
• daws
• draws
• flaws
• gauze
• gnaws
• haws
• hawse