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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Unconstitutional

adj. Contrary to or in conflict with a constitution, esp. the U.S. Constitution <the law is unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment's free-speech guarantee>. Cf. NONCONSTITUTIONAL.

unconstitutional-conditions doctrine

The principle that a government may not condition the receipt of government benefits on the recipient's surrender of constitutional rights (esp. First Amendment rights). ( For example, a television station that receives public funds cannot be forced to refrain from endorsing political candidates.