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constitutional duty

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meanings of constitutionaland duty


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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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duty
noun[C or U]
uk /ˈdʒuː.ti/ us /ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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Examples of constitutional duty


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State legislatures have a constitutionalduty not to enact laws that unjustifiably discriminate against speech.
British civil servants have a clear constitutionalduty to obey their ministers.
That is their constitutionalduty.
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That is the constitutionalduty.
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That is our constitutionalduty.
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It is not my constitutionalduty.
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They are carrying out their constitutionalduty.
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He wants me to say what is my constitutionalduty.
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It may well be our constitutionalduty to do so.
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We did not so read our constitutionalduty.
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That was a constitutionalduty given to us.
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Indeed, they have a constitutionalduty to do so.
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Why have they refrained from enforcing the law which is their clear and constitutionalduty?
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I do not think they have ever exceeded their constitutionalduty since 1911.
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I hope that it has the guts to do its popular and constitutionalduty.
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I believe that we are not fulfilling our constitutionalduty to examine legislation thoroughly.
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If others are to blame, he has a constitutionalduty to perform.
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In other words, we are not being permitted to do our constitutionalduty.
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That is the constitutional practice and constitutionalduty at any rate in recent years.
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It is our constitutionalduty to revise and therefore to send amendments back to another place.
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The debate was not a mistake; it was our constitutionalduty to have it.
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I have great confidence in the ability of the hereditary peers to do their constitutionalduty.
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We do not know whether the head of state has fulfilled her constitutionalduty.
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We have done what we believe to be our constitutionalduty; the consequences are of their making.
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I believe that, having performed our constitutionalduty to send it back, we should let the matter rest.
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