Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Militia Clause.

One of two clauses of the U.S. Constitution giving Congress the power to call forth, arm, and maintain a military force to enforce compliance with its laws, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions. U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cls. 15 and 16.

militia

1. A body of citizens armed and trained, esp. by a state, for military service apart from the regular armed forces. 0 The Constitution recognizes a state's right to form a "well-regulated militia" but also grants Congress the power to activate, organize, and govern a federal militia. U.S. Const. amend. II; U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 15-16. See NATIONAL GUARD. 2. Roman law. Military service.