living tree doctrine
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A doctrine of constitutional interpretation according to which the constitution must be read in a broad and progressive way so as to adapt it to the changing times.
Canadian usage
Usage
Inflected Forms
the living tree doctrine (canonical)