Reconstruction
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
This term has been widely used to describe the measures adopted by congress, at the close of the War of Secession in the United States, to regulate the admission of the representatives from the Southern states, the re-establishment of the federal authority within their borders, and the changes in their internal government, in order to adapt them to the condition of affairs brought about by the war. RECONSTRUCTION OF A CORPORA-