constitutional power

collocation in English

meaningsofconstitutionalandpower

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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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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofconstitutionalandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconstitutional power

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I want to strengthen thatconstitutionalpower.
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I speak not of legal right, but ofconstitutionalpower.
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We are the trustees of a limitedconstitutionalpower.
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I am not satisfied that the circumstances would justify the exercise of this exceptionalconstitutionalpower.
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Will he say that we no longer have theconstitutionalpower?
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In many cases, executive councils have noconstitutionalpowerto volunteer to break or breach agreements.
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That committee has much power of persuasion but it has noconstitutionalpower.
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Parents are interested in their children's education, not the exercise ofconstitutionalpower.
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The most powerfulconstitutionalpowerwas "imperium".
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It leads to total misunderstanding of theconstitutionalpower.
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Extraordinary conditions do not create or enlargeconstitutionalpower.
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The oil company representatives in a minority, with noconstitutionalpowerto block the motion, were anxious not to be seen to profit by it.
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However, it can only continue to do so if the federal government does everything in itsconstitutionalpowerto stop barbaric punishments from being administered.
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If we have to believe inconstitutionalpower, if we have to believe in right against wrong, this forum has to make its declaration with all its responsibility.
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There are other problems, not so much of constitutional principle, but relating to the fact thatconstitutionalpowerrelates to the ability to run the country.
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My amendment, while endorsing the principle of a referendum, would go a step further by calling for a vote before any further transfer ofconstitutionalpower.
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They wanted all sorts of guarantees of their constitutional position, and some writers said quite openly that there must be a real transfer ofconstitutionalpowernow.
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If the citizenry deems those services insufficient, it will exercise its ownconstitutionalpowerthe ballot.
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The exercise of parliamentary privilege which is clearly aconstitutionalpoweris not immune from judicial review.
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State legislatures are presumed to have acted within theirconstitutionalpowereven when, in practice, their laws result in some inequality.
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Each municipality has theconstitutionalpowerto approve its own laws and collects taxes and also receives funds from the state and federal governments.
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So the king used thisconstitutionalpowerto get rid of parliament when they went against his wishes, culminating in many periods of royal rule.
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However, the legislature has theconstitutionalpowerto override a gubernatorial veto by a vote of two-thirds from each house.
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Canadian federalism forms the functions and roles of each level of government, in thatconstitutionalpoweris split so that neither is superior to the other.
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