constitution
宪法,宪政,憲法,构成
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Definitions
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- : the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, or the like, is governed.
- : the document embodying these principles.
- : Constitution of the United States.
- : the way in which a thing is composed or made up; makeup; composition: the chemical constitution of the cleanser.
- : the physical character of the body as to strength, health, etc.: He has a strong constitution.
- : Medicine/Medical, Psychology. the aggregate of a person's physical and psychological characteristics.
- : the act or process of constituting; establishment.
- : the state of being constituted; formation.
- : any established arrangement or custom.
- : Archaic. character or condition of mind; disposition; temperament.
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Examples
You know, they’re going to have to write a new constitution, probably.
Roe rested on a 1965 ruling, Griswold v Connecticut, which established a “right to privacy” in the constitution, an area of personal decision-making into which the state could not intrude except without very good reason.
Xi has hardwired his personal “Xi Jinping Thought” ideology into his constitution and the nation’s cybersecurity rules.
The constitution does quite clearly bar him from serving a third term, but, hey, it’s worth a shot with a friendly Supreme Court.
Without its special status, Jammu & Kashmir no longer had its own constitution and ceased to have autonomy over its own affairs.
Judge Hinkle said “the Constitution requires the Clerk to issue such licenses.”
Can they determine that individual citizens should not have access to rights provided by the Constitution?
When our elected representatives assume their respective offices, they take an oath to “protect and defend the Constitution.”
He refused to sign the Constitution, for good reasons and bad.
One African American woman brandished a pocket-sized copy of the Constitution while marching.
Election of representatives from New York to consider the federal constitution held.