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UK
/kˌɒnstɪtjˈuːʃən/
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[ US /ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston
- the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states
How To Use Constitution In A Sentence
- Chile's top constitutional court blocked a government bid to promote the free distribution of the morning-after pill to minors aged 14 and over, dealing a new setback to President Michelle Bachelet.
- Second, that the entire Reichstag assented to the declarations made by the speakers on Tuesday that the Emperor had exceeded his constitutional prerogatives in private discussion with foreigners concerning Germany's attitude on controverted questions. New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?
- This, along with all the arguments against ratification of the EU Constitution, is something which we need to ram home at this moment when our electorate is so alive to the notion that they are being cozened by Labour and the Liberal ‘Democrats’ about the true effect of this Treaty. Archive 2008-02-03
- An Ohio appellate court last week reversed a lower court ruling that the city's pernicious treatment of marijuana users was unconstitutional under state law.
- The BBC correspondent says anti - piracy mission is controversial in Japan because of its pacifist post - War constitution.
- Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth. George Washington
- Incidentally, while this naturally brings up an analogy to the constitutional right to an abortion, the analogy is complex.
- Blair's answer should be embalmed in the Labour party constitution, perhaps as a better substitute for the old clause four.
- The framework of the balanced constitution and mixed government was broadly accepted by political theorists and practising politicians alike. Democracy and its Critics - Anglo-American democratic thought in the nineteenth century
- The inscription on the stone, shown below, notes the political and constitutional importance of the case. America Past and Present