constitutional convention

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meaningsofconstitutionalandconvention

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constitutional
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən.əl/us
/ˌkɑːn.stəˈtuː.ʃən.əl/
allowed by or contained in ...
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convention
noun
uk
/kənˈven.ʃən/us
/kənˈven.ʃən/
a large formal meeting of people who do a particular job or have a similar interest, or a large meeting for a ...
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(Definition ofconstitutionalandconventionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Many citizens of national reputation, rarely or never available for service in a state legislature, willingly assumed the burden of leadership in theconstitutionalconvention.
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It could not agree upon a president until threats of aconstitutionalconventionwere made.
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In the states, every generation ofconstitutionalconventiondelegates had its own agenda of purposes and concerns.
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Through this, they expected to publicize their challenge and hoped to spark demand for aconstitutionalconvention.
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Montana held aconstitutionalconvention, also without the sanction of an enabling act, in 1884.
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Equally, however, the court concluded, by a six-to-three majority, that there was aconstitutionalconventionabout provincial assent.
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No doubt they will be looking for aconstitutionalconventionin due course.
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The council is also to be aconstitutionalconvention.
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Can one create aconstitutionalconventionby crystallising it?
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More important, they are breaching theconstitutionalconventionthat the political colour of local councils is not determined by other than the electoral process.
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Was not that a breach of a fundamentalconstitutionalconvention?
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There are three fundamentalconstitutionalconventionthat govern this type of case.
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That line of progress need not wait for the setting up of any formalconstitutionalconvention.
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To know whether we are considering the blueprint of theconstitutionalconvention, a near replica, or a hybrid will assist us all.
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It is known that theconstitutionalconventionhas already announced that papers are available.
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The document of theconstitutionalconventionmakes that absolutely clear.
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Earlier this year aconstitutionalconventionwas held with elected delegates from both sides of the debate.
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This amount of detail was not discussed in theconstitutionalconvention.
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First, let us look at theconstitutionalconvention.
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If it works as those who are involved in theconstitutionalconventionforesee, it will use committees and have a greater involvement in consultation.
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