[
US
/ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəɫ/
]
[ UK /kˌɒnstɪtjˈuːʃənəl/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒnstɪtjˈuːʃənəl/ ]
NOUN
- a regular walk taken as a form of exercise
ADJECTIVE
- constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
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sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
the constitutional right of free speech
constitutional guarantees
constitutional government -
of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup
constitutional walk -
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity
a constitutional inability to tell the truth
How To Use constitutional 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?
- 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.
- Incidentally, while this naturally brings up an analogy to the constitutional right to an abortion, the analogy is complex.
- The inscription on the stone, shown below, notes the political and constitutional importance of the case. America Past and Present
- Non-governmental organizations were formed to oppose the pumping, and in 2001 the federal government launched an investigation into the company on the grounds it was violating constitutional prohibitions on demineralizing water.
- The fourth element of the constitution is one that I have described as a parliamentary government under a constitutional monarchy.
- The full exposition of his constitutionalism, presented in and around his analysis of the English constitution in book 11, develops these seeds.
- It's not just the flummery - the full-bottomed wigs, men walking backwards and so on - but the way this exercise in constitutional theatre is playing to the wrong audience.
- At those times what I will call "centrism" -- the identification of the practically stable themes in constitutional law -- presents itself as a non-political position. Balkinization