Overbreadth Definition
adjective
A term used to describe a statute that prohibits certain behavior, but in so doing also restricts or inhibits behavior that is constitutionally guaranteed. See also chilling effect.
Webster's New World Law
noun
(US, law) The excessive broadness of a statute that, in proscribing unprotected speech, also proscribes protected speech.
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Origin of Overbreadth
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over- +"Ž breadth
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