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Bookmark or Share- Preamble Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of PREAMBLE is an introductory statement; especially : the introductory part of a constitution or statute that usually states the reasons for and intent of the law. How to use preamble in a sentence.
- PREAMBLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryan introduction to a speech or piece of writing. [ U ] something that happens before or leads to something else: The agreement between the warring parties to talk may be a preamble to peace. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Preceding and introducing. announce. antecedent. antedate. beat. build (someone/something) up. countdown.
- Interpretation: The Preamble | Constitution Centerby Michael Stokes Paulsen. Distinguished University Chair and Professor at University of St. Thomas School of Law. The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution—the document’s famous first fifty-two words— introduces everything that is to follow in the Constitution’s seven articles and twenty-seven amendments.
- Preamble - We the People | Constitution CenterWe the People. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
- Overview of the Preamble | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov ...The Preamble itself imparts three central concepts to the reader: (1) the source of power to enact the Constitution (i.e., the People of the United States); (2) the broad ends to which the Constitution is ordain[ed] and establish[ed]; and (3) the authors’ intent for the Constitution to be a legal instrument of lasting Posterity. 3 Footnote
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