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单词 unwritten constitution
释义

unwritten constitution in American English

noun
a constitution, as in Great Britain, not codified as a document but defined by custom and precedent as embodied in statutes and judicial decisions
Word origin
[1885–90]

Examples of 'unwritten constitution' in a sentence
unwritten constitution

Perhaps it could show a little more respect for our unwritten constitution.An endorsement in our unwritten constitution of the power of the elite?It is the unwritten constitution that exerts the stronger grip.They are a travesty of the spirit of our unwritten constitution.Britain's unwritten constitution is founded on deliberative democracy.That is hardly possible with an uncodified and in part unwritten constitution.The modern version of the unwritten constitution was still straining to be born.The resilience of our unwritten constitution is astonishing.
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