Unconstitutional Definition

ŭnkŏn-stĭ-to͝oshə-nəl, -tyo͝o-
adjective
Not in accordance with or permitted by a constitution, specif. the U.S. Constitution; not constitutional.
Webster's New World
In conflict with the letter or intent of the United States Constitution. When a statute is found to be unconstitutional, all obligations arising from it are unlawful, and no person can be held accountable for having failed to live up to his or her obligations under that statute, nor is the statute enforceable.
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Unconstitutional Sentence Examples

  • But his methods of filling his purse were often unconstitutional and sometimes ignominious.

  • After six days the unconstitutional government - already much shaken by events in Russia and Manchuria - capitulated.

  • The estates met at Prague in March 1547, without awaiting a royal summons, -, undoubtedly an unconstitutional proceeding.

  • In 1910 that part of the law permitting municipalities to adopt these rules through their governing bodies was declared unconstitutional; but municipalities may adopt them by popular vote.

  • The income-tax having been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, the measure had failed to produce a sufficient revenue, and it had been necessary to increase the public debt.

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