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constitutional right
noun[ C ]
uk /kɒn.stɪˌtʃuː.ʃən.əl ˈraɪt/
a right or freedom that people have under a constitution(= the set of political principles by which a state or organization is governed):
The campaigning group saw the policy as an attack on their constitutional rights.
Freedom of speech should be a constitutional right.言论自由是一项宪法规定的权利。
Everyone has a constitutional right to trial by an impartial jury.
They claimed that this decision violates their constitutional right to freedom of speech.
We are trying hard to protect our constitutional rights to protest.
She argued that there is a constitutional right for people who have been convicted of a serious crime to have access to DNA evidence that might prove their innocence.
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