constitutional
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5.0
- adjective
- /ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənl/
- Formal
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constitucional
- But just because it's constitutional doesn't mean it's good.
- constitutional rights
- constitutional amendment
- constitutional law
Other countries went through a more constitutional process, right.
- Other countries went through a more constitutional process, right.
- But we're still trammelled by this constitutional system under which we live.
- And whether we like it or not, we have to make this constitutional reform work.
- We need to make sure that the police do not overstep constitutional bounds.
- In Missouri, victims have constitutional and statutory rights.
- We are facing a constitutional crisis unlike any I have seen.
- The women were not invited to be part of a committee drafting the constitutional amendments in March last year.
- In order to bring this habeas corporate action, there has to be a constitutional violation.
- And they will also have veto in the new Constitutional Court.
- We had as our mantra, constitutional policing.
- And Tabriz become sort of the last bastion of this constitutional democratic revolution.
- So I, I would, I'd like to see, I'd like to see constitutional democracy preserved in the United States.
- And Sandy Berger called the CIA and said your guy is going to do an extra constitutional assassination.
- That looks like the opportunity for the the constitutional elements, the liberal elements in in Russia.
- Well, at least he has a sound constitutional reason he doesn't want to.
- And for this reason they put the Constitutional Court to stop and to cancel the second round.
Examples
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And nothing about a constitutional right to a fair hearing?
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In Missouri, victims have constitutional and statutory rights.
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Other countries went through a more constitutional process, right.
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I would like my clients to be able to exercise their constitutional rights.
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And whether we like it or not, we have to make this constitutional reform work.
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We need to make sure that the police do not overstep constitutional bounds.
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The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protects the civil and constitutional rights of people with disabilities from discrimination.
Academic text (2015) -
The citizens gathered to discuss their constitutional rights during the town hall meeting.
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The lawyer emphasized that the new law must be constitutional and protect individual liberties.
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During the trial, the defendant argued that his constitutional protections were being violated.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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4.1
A right that a country's most important law gives and protects, for example free speech
- Formal
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An official change to the main written law of a country or organization
An assembly of delegates in 1787 that wrote the main law for the United States government
- Formal
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A formal meeting of delegates to write or change a country's main law
An American political party that formed in 1859 to keep the country together before the Civil War
- Specialized
A part of economics that studies how a country's basic rules for government affect economic policy
How Constitutional
- Formal
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- Literature
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7.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
constitutional = constitution (transparent) = constitution + al
This is a straightforward suffixation from 'constitution' with the standard adjective-forming suffix '-al'.
Etymology
The word constitutional about law comes from constitution, meaning a country's basic 'rules' or 'set up'. So something constitutional agrees with the country's main rules and rights.