freedom of assembly Meaning of "freedom of assembly"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) the right to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances; guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution

Usage(s):

  1. Thus they not only protected freedom of assembly, they made a special pointin the First Amendmentof protecting the freedom of the printing press.
  2. The Grundgesetz guarantees basic rights like freedom of assembly and freedom of speech, but it also gives the state the power to ban organizations that threaten the democratic order.
  3. There is no freedom of assembly.
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