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constitutional limitation.A constitutional provision that restricts the powers of a governmental branch, depart-ment, agency, or officer. [Blacks Law 8th]

constitutional liberty.See CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM. [Blacks Law 8th]

constitutional law. 1. The body of law deriving from the U.S. Constitution and dealing primarily with govern-mental powers, civil rights, and civil liberties. 2. The body of legal rules that determine the constitution of a state or country with an unwritten constitution. Cf. STATUTORY LAW; COMMON LAW . 3. The field of law dealing with…

constitutionalize,vb.1. To provide with a constitution <constitutionalize the new government>.2. To make con-stitutional; to bring in line with a constitution <the court plans to constitutionalize the segregated school district>.3. To make a constitutional question out of (a question of law); to subject (issue, etc.) to the burden of passing constitutional muster <the dissenter accused the…

  constitutionality,n. The quality or state of being constitutional <the constitutionality of the senator’s bill is questionable>. [Blacks Law 8th]

constitutional immunity.See IMMUNITY(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

constitutional homestead.See HOMESTEAD. [Blacks Law 8th]

constitutional guarantee.A promise contained in the United States Constitution that supports or establishes an inalienable right, such as the right to due process.[Blacks Law 8th]

constitutional freedom.A basic liberty guaranteed by the Constitution or Bill of Rights, such as the freedom of speech. — Also termed constitutional protection; constitutional liberty.[Blacks Law 8th]

constitutional-fact doctrine. 1. The rule that federal courts are not bound by an administrative agency’s findings of fact when the facts involve whether the agency has exceeded constitutional limitations on its power, esp. regarding personal rights. • The courts reviewed the facts de novo to afford protection of constitutional rights. Although it has not been…