constitutional limit

collocation in English

meaningsofconstitutionalandlimit

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constitutional
adjective
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/ˌkɒn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən.əl/us
/ˌkɑːn.stəˈtuː.ʃən.əl/
allowed by or contained in ...
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limit
noun
uk
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/us
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/
the greatest amount, number, or level of something that is either possible ...
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He served three one-year terms, the maximumconstitutionallimit, before retiring in 1798.
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Those sad experiences were a prime motive for constitutional limits on county debt (subsequently flaunted).
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There is also a president who must stand for election every four years, although there is noconstitutionallimiton the number of terms they may serve.
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It proposes aconstitutionallimiton public debt, as well as a deficit brake to force governments to run a balanced budget over the course of the business cycle.
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Franklin held that office for slightly over three years, longer than any other, and served theconstitutionallimitof three full terms.
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In presidential democracies based on the separation-of-powers principle, the mandate of the judiciary is to ensure that legislative and executive authority remain within their constitutional limits.
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The second section turns to the political powers of the monarchy, and examines the wide range of views about what the constitutional limits of royal power were.
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That being so, it is obviously desirable that some constitutional limits and safeguards should be attached to these rights.
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Attorneys are trained in the law and equipped with the tools to interpret and apply legal principles, understand constitutional limits, and exercise legal judgment.
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Many programs are built on the government's spending power, and the existence of an extraconstitutional limit on that power is a worrisome development.
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The government had argued that the law allowed the government to detain people up to the point that the detention approached constitutional limits.
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First, if the legislature or executive is seen as being able to manipulate the constitutional limits on their powers, this greatly impairs judicial independence.
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Its work focuses on enforcement of constitutional limits on state and federal power, primarily through litigation.
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He also stated that constitutional limits on his powers had prevented him from doing anything further.
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There are no constitutional limits on a prime minister's term.
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The amendment will treat this type of obligation like other special types of local debt that are not subject to those constitutional limits.
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He did note that we are not now faced with a question dealing with potential constitutional limits on congressional efforts to legislate far more radical changes in tribal status.
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The state and national legislative bodies have legislated within constitutional limits so as to allow the widest participation by the law enforcement officers of the respective governments.
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