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Necessary and Proper Clause

Necessary and Proper Clause definition - legal

n

A section of the United States Constitution that enables Congress to make the laws required for the exercise of its other powers established by the Constitution.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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