constitution noun [C] (LAWS)
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the set of political principles by which a state or organization is governed, especially in relation to the rights of the people it governs:
- Clause 4 of the constitution is thought to be the most important section.
- Until the constitution is amended, the power to appoint ministers will remain with the president.
- When he suspended the constitution and dissolved Congress, he had the imprimatur of the armed forces.
- East and West Germany united under article 23 of the Bonn constitution.
- The drafting of a new constitution cannot be a monopoly of the white minority regime .
- accounts
- advance directive
- affidavit
- aleatory
- annal
- filing
- free pass
- gender recognition certificate
- get-out clause
- Green Paper
- proceedings
- pt
- PTO
- recertification
- recertify
- recharter
- renewable
- title deed
- warrant
- writ
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