overbreadth

noun

Etymology

From over- + breadth.

  1. inherited from bredthe
  2. prefixed as overbreadth — “over + breadth

Definitions

  1. The excessive broadness of a statute that, in proscribing unprotected activity, also…

    The excessive broadness of a statute that, in proscribing unprotected activity, also proscribes protected activity.

The neighborhood

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