constitutional

constitutional
    adj 1: of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical
           makeup; "constitutional walk"
    2: 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 government"; "constitutional guarantees"
       [ant: {unconstitutional}]
    3: 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}, {constitutional}, {inbuilt}, {inherent}, {integral}]
    4: constitutional in the structure of something (especially your
       physical makeup) [syn: {constituent(a)}, {constitutional},
       {constitutive(a)}, {organic}]
    n 1: a regular walk taken as a form of exercise
    

Constitutional \Con`sti*tu"tion*al\
   (k[o^]n`st[i^]*t[=u]"sh[u^]n*al), a. [Cf. 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.
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   2. In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of
      a state or a society; as, constitutional reforms.
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   3. Regulated by, dependent on, or secured by, a constitution;
      as, constitutional government; constitutional rights.
      --Hallam.
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   4. Relating to a constitution, or establishment form of
      government; as, a constitutional risis.
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            The anient constitutional traditions of the state.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   5. For the benefit or one's constitution or health; as, a
      constitutional walk. [Colloq.]
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   {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.
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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.
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         The men trudged diurnal constitutionals along the
         different roads.                         --Compton
                                                  Reade.
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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. 
    

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