Sweeping
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
Comprehending many particulars in one act or action: as, a sweeping objection, exception, or denial.
Sweeping clause
The last (eighteenth) paragraph of section 8, Art. I, of the Corstitution, conferring power upon Congress " To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution" the powers vested in the general government. See further Necessary.