Meanings
plural miniconstitutions
- A short legal constitution.
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When Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997, the Chinese government initially held out the possibility of full democracy after 2007, including the concept in the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s miniconstitution, but stopped short of an unequivocal promise of how and when to achieve universal suffrage.
2009 July 2, Keith Bradsher, “Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy March Draws Thousands”, in New York Times
Origin
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miniconstitution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miniconstitution
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