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incostituzionale

unconstitutional

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People & Society Law

Usage Note

Incostituzionale means contrary to a country's constitution. It is an absolute term in legal language — something either is or is not constitutional; avoid degree modifiers. The noun form is incostituzionalità. A related term is anticostituzionale, which is a synonym, though incostituzionale is preferred in formal Italian legal texts.

Examples

"La legge è stata dichiarata incostituzionale dalla Corte."

Natural Translation

The law was declared unconstitutional by the Court.

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