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Constitutional : adj
1: of or relating to a constitution; "constitutional
amendments"
2: of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup;
"constitutional walk"
3: sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under a
constitution; "the constitutional right of free speech";
"constitutional government"; "constitutional guarantees"
[ant: unconstitutional]
4: existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the
Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of
periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the
truth" [syn: built-in, inbuilt, inherent, integral]
5: constitutional in the structure of something (especially
your physical makeup) [syn: constituent(a), constitutive(a),
organic]
(noun)
1: a regular walk taken as a form of exercise
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Constitutional : \Con`sti*tu"tion*al\, a. [f. F. constitutionnel.]
1. Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the
structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity;
constitutional ardor or dullness.
2. In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of
a state or a society; as, constitutional reforms.
3. Regulated by, dependent on, or secured by, a constitution;
as, constitutional government; constitutional rights.
--Hallam.
4. Relating to a constitution, or establishment form of
government; as, a constitutional risis.
The anient constitutional traditions of the state.
--Macaulay.
5. For the benefit or one's constitution or health; as, a
constitutional walk. [Colloq.]
Constitutional law, law that relates to the constitution,
as a permanent system of political and juridical
government, as distinguished from statutory and common
law, which relate to matters subordinate to such
constitution.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Constitutional : \Con`sti*tu"tion*al\, n.
A walk or other exercise taken for one's health or
constitution. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
The men trudged diurnal constitutionals along the
different roads. --Compton
Reade.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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CONSTITUTIONAL. That which is consonant to, and agrees with the
constitution.
2. When laws are made in violation of the constitution, they are null
and void: but the courts will not declare such a law void unless there
appears to be a clear and unequivocal breach of the constitution. 4 Dall. R.
14; 3 Dall. R. 399; 1 Cranch, R. 137; 1 Binn. R. 415 6 Cranch, R. 87, 136; 2
Hall's Law Journ. 96, 255, 262; 3 Hall's Law Journ. 267; Wheat. Dig. tit.
Constitutional : Law; 2 Pet. R. 522; 2 Dall. 309; 12 Wheat. R. 270; Charlt. R.
175,.235; 1 Breese, R. 70, 209; 1 Blackf. R. 206 2 Porter, R. 303; 5 Binn.
355; 3 S. & R. 169; 2 Penn. R. 184; 19 John. R. 58; 1 Cowen, R. 550; 1
Marsb. R. 290 Pr. Dec. 64, 89 2 Litt. R. 90; 4 Monr R. 43; 1 South. R. 192;
7 Pick. R. 466; 13 Pick. R. 60 11 Mass. R. 396; 9 Greenl. R. 60; 5 Hayw. R.
271; 1 Harr. & J. 236; 1 Gill & J. 473; 7 Gill & J. 7; 9 Yerg. 490; 1 Rep.
Const. Ct. 267; 3 Desaus. R. 476; 6 Rand. 245; 1 Chip. R. 237, 257; 1 Aik.
R. 314; 3 N. H. Rep. 473; 4 N. H. Rep. 16; 7 N. H. Rep. 65; 1 Murph. R. 58.
See 8 Law Intell. 65, for a list of decisions made by the supreme court of
the United States, declaring laws to be unconstitutional.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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