constitutional lawyer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconstitutionalandlawyer
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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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lawyer
noun[C]
uk/ˈlɔɪ.ər/us/ˈlɔɪ.jɚ/
someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them ...
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(Definition ofconstitutionalandlawyerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They did not take him seriously as aconstitutionallawyerbecause they knew he would be defeated by the people—which he was.
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He pretends to be very sanctimonious and virtuous on such matters and claims to be a goodconstitutionallawyer.
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She is aconstitutionallawyerin her own right.
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That list shows the jungle of often obsolete law through which theconstitutionallawyer—and sometimes the practical policeman—has had to find his way.
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That is the view of everyconstitutionallawyerin the country.
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My approach will be wholly that of aconstitutionallawyer.
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From the point of view of anyconstitutionallawyerit is indeed a drastic measure.
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I am not a lawyer, least of all that rather more terrifying type of lawyer, aconstitutionallawyer.
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To anyone other than aconstitutionallawyeror an expert on parliamentary procedure this might appear to be a fine distinction.
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I do not myself pretend at all to be aconstitutionallawyer.
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That is an astonishing doctrine from a greatconstitutionallawyer.
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Anyconstitutionallawyerwould be able to resolve our difference in a moment.
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It would take aconstitutionallawyerall his time to understand it.
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That is a very nice legal point for theconstitutionallawyer.
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Anyconstitutionallawyerwill tell you that.
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That is the advice of everyconstitutionallawyerand every constitutional statesman, and it has been so from that time down to the present.
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Noconstitutionallawyerworth his salt would ever countenance putting this type of provision into the constitution of a new democracy which he was planning.
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I am again not aconstitutionallawyer.
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Those are the words of a greatconstitutionallawyer.
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Who on earth is going to understand that except a high grade,constitutionallawyer?
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