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constitution (noun) – 1. The act or process of composing, setting up, or establishing.
- (a) The composition or structure of something; makeup.
(b) The physical makeup of a person: Having a strong constitution, she had no trouble climbing the mountain. - (a). The system of fundamental laws and principles that prescribes the nature, functions, and limits of a government or another institution.
(b) The document in which such a system is recorded.
(c) Constitution The supreme law of the United States, consisting of the document ratified by the original thirteen states (1787-1790) and subsequent amendments.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : Constitution was constituted in 14th-century English as a word indicating an established law or custom. It is from Latin constitutus, the past participle of constituere, meaning “to set up,” which is based on an agreement of the prefix com- (“with, together, jointly”) with the verb statuere (“to set or place”). Statuere is the root of statute, which, like constitution, has a legal background; it refers to a set law, rule, or regulation. Constitution is also the name for a system of laws and principles by which a country, state, or organisation is governed or the document written as a record of them. Outside of law, the word is used in reference to the physical health or condition of the body (“a person of hearty constitution”) or to the form or structure of something (“the molecular constitution of the chemical”).
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