overbreadth
(US, legal) The excessive broadness of a statute that, in proscribing unprotected activity, also proscribes protected activity.
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(US, legal) The excessive broadness of a statute that, in proscribing unprotected activity, also proscribes protected activity.
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(ambitransitive) To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.
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