overbreadth
About 0.03 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The excessive broadness of a statute that, in proscribing unprotected activity, also proscribes protected activity.
Similar words
excessive overbroadness overenforcement overreach overgenerality overprosecution overwordiness overfreedom overpenalization overreachingness
Often followed by
doctrine and of challenge is analysis grounds in claim
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