constitutionalcon‧sti‧tu‧tion‧al1 /ˌkɒnstəˈtjuːʃənəl◂ $ ˌkɑːnstɪˈtuː-/ ●●○ AWL adjective 
a constitutional right to privacy a constitutional monarchy (=a country ruled by a king or queen whose power is limited by a constitution)2connected with the constitution of a country or organization: a constitutional crisisconstitutional reform/change/amendment a proposal for constitutional reform3relating to someone’s health, physical ability, or character—constitutionally adverb: a constitutionally guaranteed right He was constitutionally incapable of dealing with conflict.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A court decision in 1954 ruled that segregated education was not constitutional.
- Nobody seemed to know whether the President's action was constitutional or not.
- The court will rule on whether the prisoner's constitutional rights were violated.
- A less controversial proposal was a constitutional ban on the extradition of drug traffickers to stand trial in the United States.
- An attempt to include such a ban sank the last effort at constitutional reform, made by Congress in 1989.
- The constitutional and organizational arrangements filter the interests of state personnel towards the long-run interests of the capitalists.
- The concept finally won approval last year in a simple piece of legislation, less exalted than a constitutional amendment.
- The focus of the forum blurred into Charter 88's campaign for constitutional reform in general.
- This time the alleged transgressions involve a violation of constitutional protections that really matter in a democracy.
Longman Language Activatorwhen the law says you must do something or have the right to do it
your legal rights, duties etc are the ones that the law says you have: · Consumers have the legal right to demand their money back if a product is faulty.· the legal duties of a parent· The alcohol content of his blood was three times over the legal limit.· The clerk to the court will reject any document that does not meet the legal requirements.the legal owner (=the owner according to the law): · She now become the legal owner of the land.
: statutory right/duty/payment etc a right, duty etc that the law says you have: · When you buy something, you have certain statutory rights as a consumer.· Local authorities have a statutory duty to house homeless families.· Officers have a statutory obligation to report any crime committed by a government employee.· The statutory fine for this offence is $250.
legal, according to the system of rules of a country: · Nobody seemed to know whether the President's action was constitutional or not.· A court decision in 1954 ruled that segregated education was not constitutional.constitutional rights: · The court will rule on whether the prisoner's constitutional rights were violated.
if something is done according to the law , it is done as the law says it should be: · The police must ensure that all interviews and interrogations are carried out according to the law.· Islamic court officials said the men would be tried according to Sharia Muslim law.· According to Singapore law, the immigration officers were within their rights to refuse me admission.
if something must be done by law , it must legally be done: · By law, the purchase must be completed within a month after the contracts are signed.be required/allowed by law: · The wearing of seat belts in cars is required by law.· Donations must not exceed the limits that are allowed by law. · The government is required by law to provide education for all minors.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a constitutional right to privacy a constitutional monarchy (=a country ruled by a king or queen whose power is limited by a constitution) a proposal for constitutional reformCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1officially allowed or limited by the system of rules of a country or organization: a constitutional right to privacy a constitutional monarchy (=a country ruled by a king or queen whose power is limited by a constitution) a proposal for constitutional reform· The Republican agenda included a constitutional ban on abortion.
(=relating to the way a country is governed)· The scandal caused the greatest constitutional crisis of modern times.
· He stressed that democratic reform could not be achieved overnight.
· Teachers have a constitutional right to join a union.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· It could, however, have made clear the difference between constitutional amendment and political revolution.· They might remember also that without bipartisan accommodation the graduated income tax never would have become a constitutional amendment.· It also passed enabling legislation to allow further constitutional amendments to be made in the wake of the peace treaty.· And Dole backed a constitutional amendment proposed by Reagan to create a line-item budget veto for presidents.· This situation can only be changed by constitutional amendment.· Republicans have complained that Democrats are using Social Security scare tactics to incite seniors groups and others to oppose the constitutional amendment.· The Nov. 4 referendum proposed that a simple majority should in future be sufficient to pass constitutional amendments.· A constitutional amendment that would allow prayer in public schools.
· What is clear is that current constitutional arrangements do suit an authoritarian government well.· He also expressed optimism that an acceptable constitutional arrangement could be agreed which would obviate the need for Quebec to seek independence.· Here, the difficulty revolves around the different constitutional arrangements operative in the two jurisdictions being compared.· The treaties have the potential to change our constitutional arrangements and the powers of Parliament.· The only form of constitutional arrangements which socialist states took seriously after 1917 were formulas for national federation and autonomy.· The great merit of our constitutional arrangements is that they have developed cautiously and case by case.· Mr. Lang My hon. Friend identifies part of the problem which those who favour changes in the constitutional arrangements should address.
· By and large, constitutional authorities, parties and public alike were pleased with the set up.· For these reasons we hold that this law exceeds the constitutional authority of Congress.· The boundaries of sovereignty must be determined in the light of the prevailing moral and political climate when difficult questions of constitutional authority arise.· The conservative justices said the lawmakers had exceeded their constitutional authority.· Rude power is out of mesh with the prevailing patterns of legitimate constitutional authority.
· As President, Özal refused to consider an immediate suspension of the constitutional ban on political parties.· Pete Wilson, has vowed to remove language in the party platform that calls for a constitutional ban on abortions.· A less controversial proposal was a constitutional ban on the extradition of drug traffickers to stand trial in the United States.· The convention could include a battle over whether to retain the platform plank calling for a constitutional ban on abortion.· Anti-abortionists have launched a vigorous campaign to reinforce the constitutional ban on abortion.· They must somehow persuade Republicans to de-emphasize a constitutional ban in order to win allies outside of the antiabortion camp.· Robert Dornan and Patrick Buchanan -- to pledge to continue to include in the Republican platform a constitutional ban on abortions.
· He did not claim to be absolutely original in his cyclical theory of constitutional changes.· Silvio Berlusconi and a group of Catholic parties want a widely based government to work on constitutional changes.· Let us, then, deal with this second aspect of the Labour Party's proposals for constitutional change.· The threat of violence and real fear of revolution prompted the Government to adopt limited constitutional changes.· Does he rule out any constitutional change?· The necessary constitutional changes would require approval by a three-quarters majority in the 70-seat Assembly.· It also provided for increased powers for the provincial governments, including a veto for all provinces over future constitutional change.· Unfortunately, under present rules, such a constitutional change needs parliament's consent.
· Without realizing it Macmillan trespassed on the modern constitutional convention.· The group, which set up its own provisional government in December, hopes to hold a constitutional convention within two years.· Whatever the formal constitutional conventions and party rules, the Prime Minister is normally in effective control.· The Bill draws on the scheme proposed by the constitutional convention.· In this sense, the legal doctrine of sovereignty is the most fundamental of our constitutional conventions.· The point at which a useful and necessary practice is accorded the status of a constitutional convention is not clear.
· A constitutional court could not have prevented dictatorship by annulling the law.· The matter is pending before the constitutional court.· His lawyers have appealed to the constitutional court against the decree, which was agreed by a simple cabinet majority.· Finally, a constitutional court would inpart replace the function of the Weimar President in acting as a counterweight to parliament.· It provided for a separation of powers, the establishment of a constitutional court and the holding of direct presidential elections.· If the constitutional court upholds the false declaration of assets indictment against him he will have to resign.· The President also urged the setting up of a constitutional court and the holding of referendums to settle future constitutional disputes.· The Herrenchiemsee Draft of the Basic Law provided for a constitutional court.
· Bill Archer is very worried, deeply troubled that a constitutional crisis may be approaching.· Just get it through your tiny 1914-pattern mind that you have started a constitutional crisis!· Was a constitutional crisis at hand?· This trait was in evidence last week as the president, Leonid Kravchuk, threw his country into a constitutional crisis.· In 1861-2 a constitutional crisis arose, whose outcome fundamentally affected subsequent developments.· Mr Ishaq wants all the provincial assemblies dissolved, in order to create a constitutional crisis that will force a general election.· Havel asked the legislature to grant him broader powers to defuse the constitutional crisis.
· The Government must establish the constitutional framework for stable and decentralised government.· The constitutional framework makes the shareholders responsible for monitoring and supervising the directors of the company.
· What was much more important to me was the emergence of what I consider to be the breakdown of constitutional government.· A military junta had just overthrown the constitutional government and annulled a recently held presidential election.· Joynson-Hicks announced this to the Cabinet as though it were the end of constitutional government.· Administrative force and nerve were not lacking, and the constitutional government managed to ride out the storm.· The strike was a challenge to constitutional government.· As the confederation moved toward constitutional government, issues of internal security were found to require careful consideration.· The offense, however, not only was political but constituted an act of treason against the constitutional government.· His appeal to Wilson modestly requested constitutional government, democratic freedoms and other reforms for Vietnamconspicuously omitting any reference to independence.
· The letter called for implementation of constitutional guarantees, freedom and justice, and criticized the government's handling of the economy.· The czars introduced constitutional guarantees, only to ignore them whenever it suited their purpose.· Collectivism is thus given a very positive image when linked to constitutional guarantees of individual rights.· What you have here is a situation where custom and convention comes up against constitutional guarantees.· Beside these confusions, the constitutional guarantee of free speech has an impressive simplicity.· The present case, then, concerns a relationship lying within the zone of privacy created by several fundamental constitutional guarantees.
· The Government can expect sustained flak on the wider constitutional issue now that this can of worms has been opened up.· And the license was denied, though not on the grounds we cited, because our argument raised constitutional issues.· Unlike the Prime Minister, I am prepared to have a referendum on this fundamental constitutional issue.· It was a constitutional issue and would be tossed up through the courts, yet by then it would be too late.· The constitutional issues thus become not much more than flourishes to a faitaccompli.· Likewise, constitutional issues need to be resolved in a nonpolitical forum.· The election will take the heat off the constitutional issue, at least for the time being.
· Assault on a constable in the execution of his duty, it is argued, properly belongs in constitutional law.· He was well informed on civil and constitutional law.· It came to occupy a unique place in constitutional law.· Footnote 4 has served as a cornerstone of contemporary constitutional law in the field of individual rights.· Nor can the operation of constitutional law be understood without reference to the practice of politics.· First, the parties can not enter into any contractual negotiations that are in violation of constitutional law.· Here is another problem in constitutional law to reinforce the point.· Amato, 54, was a professor of constitutional law, originally from Turin.
· This is the traditional view of most constitutional lawyers.· Ching is generally considered one of the finest constitutional lawyers in Arizona.· Mr Kostunica, a constitutional lawyer and moderate nationalist, has continued to question the tribunal's legitimacy.
· In most modern societies, parties have key positions on economic and social issues or on constitutional matters.· The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over the state courts in constitutional matters. 6.· Mr. Speaker I can not be involved with constitutional matters of that kind.· There is therefore no elaboration in the forum proceedings on hierarchical directives to their faithful on constitutional matters.· This is not to say that there is no place for the principle of legality in constitutional matters.· In the United Kingdom the doctrine of legislative supremacy dictates that Parliament has power to legislate on constitutional matters.
· That is no more or less than a sovereign Parliament within a constitutional monarchy should be able to expect.· The fourth element of the constitution is one that I have described as a parliamentary government under a constitutional monarchy.· Under a constitutional monarchy, the Tsar was Grand Duke, with a bicameral legislature.· Both, also, were constitutional monarchies.· Number one, in all senses, was to establish a democratic, constitutional monarchy.· Opposition leaders hailed the visit, calling for a referendum on the restoration of the constitutional monarchy.
· Buthelezi for his part warned that Kwazulu would consider secession if constitutional negotiations did not guarantee adequate self-determination in a federal structure.· His task was to be to assess whether the Commonwealth could assist with constitutional negotiations.· Differences remained, however, on the procedure for constitutional negotiations.· In late June anti-government leaflets distributed in Yangon denounced the military-directed constitutional negotiations.· Their return was a precondition of the anticipated full-scale constitutional negotiations.
· Is the constitutional order evolving or is it under attack?· Inclan and the people of Puebla remained loyal to Herrera and to constitutional order and refused to accede to his demands.· Anticommunism and the constitutional order provided the principal sources of political cohesion in the new political entity.· Political disagreement and disagreement on the proper constitutional order are linked.· Disaffected Cantarero supporters were considered by observers to be a danger to future constitutional order.
· The Comintern Congress was trying to reconcile its revolutionary past with the necessity of gaining support from constitutional parties.· No major change in the strength of all the main constitutional parties is expected once counting ends tonight.
· It was drawn narrowly because of the constitutional position of the courts.· His constitutional position is entirely different.· In addition there is the complex constitutional position of the constable to which we shall return later.· The special interpretation of the term reasonableness is decided by the constitutional position of the courts.· To pretend otherwise is to confuse the constitutional position.· The changing positions of the two parties vis-à-vis the Court caused a certain realignment in their respective constitutional positions.
· The President is advised by a Council of State and holds specific constitutional powers.· The president could use his constitutional powers to move troops about at his discretion.· In recent years they have been accused of exceeding their constitutional power and becoming an alternative parliament.· So I repeat that this statute in its immediate operation is clearly within the Congress's constitutional power.· This change in status is implicit in discussions of whether the U. S. Government had the constitutional power to nationalize leprosy.
· Even the constitutional principle itself hardly captured the popular imagination.· It has legislated to change fundamental constitutional principles.· Do constitutional principles apply to damage awards?· The Dennis case in the United States provides us with a hint as to how departures from constitutional principle may be explained.· Does the bedrock constitutional principle of equal protection for all require affirmative action, merely allow it, or even prohibit it?· Meticulous observance of constitutional principle is to be tempered by regard for political effectiveness.
· Can evidence of such change be found in the referendum that rejected Mugabe's outrageous constitutional proposals?· He re-emerged in 1987 and 1991 to fight constitutional proposals to recognise Quebec as a distinct society.· Progress of constitutional talks Buoyed by its success in the referendum, the government moved swiftly to present revised constitutional proposals.
· The Supreme Court is expected to weaken further the nationwide constitutional protection for abortion early next year.· The issues the Republicans deem worthy of constitutional protection are a motley lot of special-interest pleadings.· It is this concept of constitutional protection embodied in our decisions which makes the cases before us such difficult ones for me.· As constitutional protection, this is a fraud.· It is doubtful that such a new constitutional protection would do much to reduce crime.
· Do you think ours is an island where people have no interest in rights and constitutional questions, unlike elsewhere?· The constitutional question before the court is whether a sitting president may be forced to face civil litigation while in office.· The constitutional questions include the tricky decision as to which councillors could vote on which issues at county council meetings.· This is the perspective from which we should approach the novel constitutional questions presented by the legislative veto.· No doubt there were other reasons besides the constitutional question.· The four dissenting justices wanted to dispose of the case without considering the constitutional question.· In an election dominated by the constitutional question, only the Conservatives have been committed to maintaining the statusquo.
· An attempt to include such a ban sank the last effort at constitutional reform, made by Congress in 1989.· Sri Lanka's president, Chandrika Kumaratunga, has suspended parliament ahead of a referendum this month on constitutional reform.· The administration will also hold a plebiscite within the next six months for the approval of constitutional reforms.· Roy Hattersley's simultaneous resignation as deputy leader also opens up the increasingly sterile debate on constitutional reform.· This does not mean that constitutional reform is dead.· In October 1918 the constitutional reforms so long demanded came in a rush, apparently as gifts from above.· What I do believe is that you don't get constitutional reform because you can have a better constitution.· Nu Ousted A conference on constitutional reform opened on 1 March 1962.
· The politicians, promoters and sweeping sentiment converged to conspire against his constitutional right to work: stated barred him from fighting.· Outside the door of the workplace, Mary McCafferty, the citizen, has constitutional rights.· All three voted last year to uphold Roe v Wade, the 1973 case that established a constitutional right to an abortion.· Indignant, some rejected both questions as long as they were denied their constitutional rights.· The organization said that the composition of the court grossly violated the constitutional rights of the suspects.· The ruling declared that dying people have a constitutional right to end their suffering.· Strengthen the constitutional rights of individuals within Northern Ireland.· Jewett said he was sympathetic, but that the boy had a constitutional right to be present in the courtroom.
· In some cases there are calls for a new constitutional settlement.· The aim of the exercise is to win support for the constitutional settlement that Britain and Ireland have already outlined.
· The elegant constitutional structure he is trying to create could rest on shifting economic foundations.· But there are many desirable dispositions that do not accord with the constitutional structure we live under.· But who makes the operative decisions is not just a matter of constitutional structures and personalities.· And in the long run the improvisation of a constitutional structure on the basis of currently perceived utility will be disastrous.· They rescued impeachment from oblivion and made it part of their backward-looking constitutional structure.· How effective is this constitutional structure of the company in ensuring that directors do not use their powers arbitrarily?
· This appears from the role assigned to the Bundestag, elections and political parties in the constitutional system.· If the new telecommunications age brings unmediated democracy, what will happen to our carefully contrived constitutional system of checks and balances?· The constitutional system defines but does not usurp the powers and responsibilities of government and parliament.· Our constitutional system amply provides for the protection of minorities by means other than giving them majority control of state legislatures.· This result is inconsistent with the fundamental principles of our constitutional system.
· This is, according to constitutional theory, the position in the United Kingdom.· The logic of this argument is that our constitutional theory and machinery must be reformed.· New constitutional theories will rapidly come to assume centre stage.· Is there warrant for this in constitutional theory or judicial practice?· We have to attend to the dynamic tension between constitutional theory and political practice, and to change over time.· Again, constitutional theory maintains that ministers are both collectively and individually responsible to Parliament for their actions.· Crudely expressed, corruption was of the political essence and was the practical counterpoint to the constitutional theory of balance.· Social, economic and political developments crushed the eighteenth-century constitution and hence the credibility of the established constitutional theory.
a constitutional right to privacy a constitutional monarchy (=a country ruled by a king or queen whose power is limited by a constitution)2connected with the constitution of a country or organization: a constitutional crisisconstitutional reform/change/amendment a proposal for constitutional reform3relating to someone’s health, physical ability, or character—constitutionally adverb: a constitutionally guaranteed right He was constitutionally incapable of dealing with conflict.