constitutionality

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CONSTITUTIONALITY, noun 1. The state of being constitutional; the state of being inherent in the natural frame; as the constitutionality of disease. 2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. The judges of the supreme court of the United States have the power of determining the constitutionality of laws.
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