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    For consistency:

      (defvar CONSTANT)               ; should work
      (defvar CONSTANT ITS-VALUE)     ; should work
      (defvar CONSTANT OTHER-VALUE)   ; should fail

I think it is more consistent to make them all errors.
defvar should not be used on these symbols.