nonconstitutional

English

Etymology

non- +‎ constitutional

Adjective

nonconstitutional (not comparable)

  1. unconstitutional, contrary to the constitution
  2. not relating to the constitution or to constitutional law
    • 2003, David E. Smith, “The improvement of the Senate by nonconstitutional means.”, in Protecting Canadian democracy: The Senate you never knew, 5-18:
    • 2005, Larry Alexander, "Constitutionalism." San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 07-04 [published in Thomas Christiano, John Christman eds, Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy, John Wiley & Sons, 2009]
      Thus, although constitutions might be distinguished by the degree to which their rules are entrenched, ordinary, nonconstitutional laws are always entrenched to some extent

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