Noun | 1. | constitution - law determining the fundamental political principles of a government Synonyms: fundamental law, organic law |
2. | constitution - the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" | |
3. | ![]() Synonyms: makeup, composition | |
4. | ![]() Synonyms: Old Ironsides |
CONSTITUTION, government. The fundamental law of the state, containing the
principles upon which the government is founded, and regulating the
divisions of the sovereign powers, directing to what persons each of these
powers is to be confided, and the, manner it is to be exercised as, the
Constitution of the United States. See Story on the Constitution; Rawle on
the Const.
2. The words constitution and government (q.v.) are sometimes employed
to express the same idea, the manner in which sovereignty is exercised in
each state. Constitution is also the name of the instrument containing the
fundamental laws of the state.
3. By constitution, the civilians, and, from them, the common law
writers, mean some particular law; as the constitutions of the emperors
contained in the Code.
CONSTITUTION, contracts. The constitution of a contract, is the making of the contract as, the written constitution of a debt. 1 Bell's Com. 332, 5th ed.
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