Constituere
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. To establish; to appoint; to ordain. Used in letters of attorney, and translated "constitute." Applied generally, also, to denote "appointment." Reg. Orig. 172; Du Cange.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Old English Law. To establish; to appoint; to ordain. Used in letters of attorney, and translated by constitute. Applied generally, also, to denote appointment. Reg. Orig. 172; Du Cange.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
L In old English law. To constitute or appoint; to put in one's place; to make an appearance; to establish or ordain; to undertake to pay a debt Constitnimus: we have constituted or appointed.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
To appoint, constitute, establish, ordain, or undertake. Used principally in ancient powers of attorney, and now supplanted by the English word “constitute.”
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. To constitute or appoint. Constituimus (we have constituted, or appointed,) was the emphatic word in the ancient commissions of the Djes in England. Bract, fol. 109 — 111. To put in one's place; to constitute or appoint an attorney. Attomavi et in loco meo constitui C.deD,; I have attorned and put in my place C. of D. Reg. Grig. 172. Constitute is still an emphatic word in letters of attorney. To put or place; to make an appearance. Partibus in judicio constitutis; the parties being placed (or having appeared) in court. Bract, fol. 257. To establish or ordain. See Constitutio. To undertake or engage to pay a debt. Inst. 4. 6. 9. Dig. 18. 5. See Constitutum.