constitutional history

collocation in English

meaningsofconstitutionalandhistory

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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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history
noun
uk
/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofconstitutionalandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconstitutional history

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Perhaps inevitably, given the decline ofconstitutionalhistoryas a discipline in recent decades, experts in government and law dominate the volume.
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Nevertheless, this, is an impressive book which should be read by all those interested in the monarchy and inconstitutionalhistory.
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Constitutionalhistoryis a thing of the past.
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This is found in theconstitutionalhistoryof all parliaments.
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There is a bench rich in knowledge ofconstitutionalhistory.
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I have never found anywhere inconstitutionalhistorythat minority blocking powers work.
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After all, ourconstitutionalhistoryis one of continuity, not of sudden breaks.
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When did he consult her and inform her that he was going to abolish 1,400 years ofconstitutionalhistory?
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That would be a wholly alien development in theconstitutionalhistoryof this country.
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We seem to be writing our newconstitutionalhistoryrather quickly.
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That is something of which any student of ourconstitutionalhistoryshould be proud.
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It is certainly a name which gives great confidence to those who have readconstitutionalhistory.
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Conflicts are a natural feature of ourconstitutionalhistory.
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We have, however, important lessons which we can teach the public with our accumulated knowledge and experience of the pastconstitutionalhistoryof this country.
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There was never anything approaching it inconstitutionalhistoryor practice.
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I pass from that topic to a still stranger phenomenon inconstitutionalhistory.
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That is a thing which is quite inadmissible and which no student ofconstitutionalhistorycould ever have advanced.
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Had he analysed theconstitutionalhistoryof the other place properly, he would have referred to 1958, not 1911.
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So we are a very long way from departing from that incident of ourconstitutionalhistory.
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That is a distinction that runs through the whole of ourconstitutionalhistory, and it is something that we should regard as of great value.
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