Plain meaning rule is a rule in statute or contract interpretation when the language is unambiguous and clear on its face the meaning of the statute or contract must be determined from the language of the statute or contract and not from extrinsic evidence.
Power passed from kings to local lords, giving rise to a system known as feudalism. Under feudalism, landowning nobles governed and protected the people in exchange for services such as fighting in a noble's army or farming the land.
The Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful and thus threaten individual liberties, given the absence of a bill of rights.
