(a.) Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness.
(a.) In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of a state or a society; as, constitutional reforms.
(a.) Regulated by, dependent on, or secured by, a constitution; as, constitutional government; constitutional rights.
(a.) Relating to a constitution, or establishment form of government; as, a constitutional risis.
(a.) For the benefit or one's constitution or health; as, a constitutional walk.
(n.) A walk or other exercise taken for one's health or constitution.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was found that the skeletal muscle enzyme of the chick embryo is independent of the presence of creatine and consequently is another constitutive enzyme like the creatine kinase of the early embryonic chick heart.
(2) By electrophoresis and scanning densitometry, actin was found to constitute about 4% to 6% of the total cellular protein in the human corneal epithelium.
(3) The constitution of chromosomes in the two plasmacytomas remained remarkably stable in their homogeneous modal population.
(4) In addition, despite the fact that the differences constitutes an information bias, the bias occurs in the same direction and magnitude in all the various subgroups and thus is nondifferential.
(5) We report the treatment of 44 boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) at a mean chronological age of 14.3 years (range, 12.4-17.1) and bone age of 12.1 years (range, 9.1-15.0).
(6) An investigation of the constitutive ions of salts revealed that their effects were additive only in the case of salts that have no specific binding capability.
(7) The four patients treated in our series recovered fully; the single fatal case constituted an unrecognized case of pneumococcal endocarditis.
(8) What constitutes a "mental disorder" for purposes of the insanity defense?
(9) The relative contributions of transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression to the increase in constitutively expressed cellular proteins were examined in mouse kidneys undergoing compensatory growth following unilateral nephrectomy (UNI-NX).
(10) The data suggest that proinsulin, normally processed in secretory granules and released via the regulated pathway, may also be processed, albeit less efficiently, by the constitutive pathway conversion machinery.
(11) In late-passage and cloned HUT102 cells, an increase in HTLV production was concordant with a decrease in constitutive interferon production and the loss of mature T lymphocyte antigens.
(12) wt of 70 kd and a pl of 4.7 from the cell lysate of MT-2, a human T cell line constitutively expressing IL-2R, labeled metabolically with [35S]cysteine.
(13) Analysts say Zuma's lawyers may try to reach agreement with the prosecutors, while he can also appeal against yesterday's ruling before the constitutional court.
(14) The delta qa-1S strain exhibits constitutive expression of the qa genes supporting earlier evidence that the qa-1S gene codes for a repressor.
(15) Furthermore, the AMDP-3 scale and its manual constitute a remarkable teaching instrument for psychopathology, not always enough appreciated.
(16) Furthermore, a single initial field may constitute an inadequate baseline for clinical follow-up.
(17) The polypeptide encoded by this thyroid-specific transcript consisted of a 398-amino acid residue amino-terminal segment, constituting a putative extracellular domain, connected to a 346-residue carboxyl-terminal domain that contained seven putative transmembrane segments.
(18) The 3' end of the cell cycle regulated mRNA terminates immediately following the region of hyphenated dyad symmetry typical of most histone mRNAs, whereas the constitutively expressed mRNA has a 1798 nt non-translated trailer that contains the same region of hyphenated dyad symmetry but is polyadenylated.
(19) Overall, these data suggest that constitutive lymphokine gene expression may be involved in the in vivo priming of LGL.
(20) This constitutes 9.3% of 108 affective disorder patients admitted during the same period.
Unconstitutional
Definition:
(a.) Not constitutional; not according to, or consistent with, the terms of a constitution of government; contrary to the constitution; as, an unconstitutional law, or act of an officer.
Example Sentences:
(1) The vice chancellor of the Catholic University, Greg Craven, wrote in the Australian that stripping either dual or sole nationals of citizenship via a ministerial decision “would be irredeemably unconstitutional.
(2) What happened in Crimea is unconstitutional and resembles ... a coup supported by the Russian government and the Russian military.
(3) The unexpected announcement by Eric Holder, the attorney general, contradicts Utah’s refusal to recognise some 1,300 same-sex marriages that were licensed during a brief window in December when a federal judge ruled the state’s ban was unconstitutional .
(4) He said similar “name and shame” legislation had run afoul of the first amendment and that the rule may be unconstitutional.
(5) "They are both going to come in and make it clear that this programme is not authorised by existing law - and if it were authorised by existing law, that law would be unconstitutional," Grayson said.
(6) Clegg argued that pressing ahead with a referendum condemned by Kiev as unconstitutional would simply inflame tensions.
(7) Five gay couples filed a lawsuit Monday challenging Alaska's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional.
(8) In March, the tribunal ruled unconstitutional a reform to the court that would have given more power to PiS appointees and forced the court to consider cases in chronological order, hampering its ability to scrutinise government activity.
(9) This will be one city, where everyone’s rights are respected, and where police and community stand together to confront violence.” New York City judge Shira Scheindlin ruled stop-and-frisk to be unconstitutional in August 2013.
(10) They deny any "unconstitutional actions" and say it's economic growth that will bring reconciliation between the nation's 22 million inhabitants, not international pressure.
(11) The White House contends the moves are necessary for national security but Democratic attorneys general in several states have called them unconstitutional.
(12) This afternoon, the first man sent out to dismiss the revolt was Tony Lloyd, chairman of the parliamentary Labour party, and the man who would have had to call the unconstitutional secret ballot.
(13) President Truman signed an executive order integrating the military based on race long before the supreme court held that segregation was unconstitutional and the same thing happened when the military repealed ‘don’t ask don’t tell’, so I think the same can be true here.
(14) Without the judicial bypass procedure Justice O'Connor would have invalidated the statute as unconstitutional, for conflicting with the best interests of the minor, infringing on family autonomy, and failing to foster the state's alleged goal of improving parent-child communication.
(15) Forcing the BBC to fund free TV licences for the over-75s from its licence fee revenue, as the government has announced it will do, is profoundly unconstitutional.
(16) Since last year, the vast majority of federal rulings have declared same-sex marriages bans unconstitutional.
(17) In 1992, the supreme court’s decision in Planned Parenthood v Casey nominally upheld Roe v Wade, but it replaced Roe’s clear rules with a holding that abortion regulations, even in the first trimester of pregnancy, were unconstitutional only if they constituted an “undue burden”.
(18) Although both the Bush and Obama DOJs ultimately prevented final adjudication by raising claims of secrecy and standing, and the "Look Forward, Not Backward (for powerful elites)" Obama DOJ refused to prosecute the responsible officials, all three federal judges to rule on the substance found that domestic spying to be unconstitutional and in violation of the statute.
(19) Under Oklahoma law, two alternative means of execution are available, but only if lethal injection is deemed unconstitutional: electrocution and firing squad.
(20) In April last year the detention centre on Manus Island was ruled “ illegal and unconstitutional ” by Papua New Guinea’s supreme court .