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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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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