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Necessary And Proper Clause

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

necessary and proper clause


often cap N&P&C
[from the words of the clause]
: the clause in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that empowers the Congress to make all laws necessary for executing its other powers and those of the federal government as a whole




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