Constitution
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The form of government instituted by the people in their sovereign capacity, in which first principles and fundamental law are established. The supreme, permanent and fixed will of the people in their original, unlimited and sovereign capacity, and in it are determined the condition, rights and duties of every indi-vidual of the community.
1 111. 271.
The fundamental law of a free country, which characterizes the organism of the country, and secures the rights of the citizen, and determines his main duties as a freeman.
3 Barb. (N. Y.) 198.
The written instrument defining the powers, limitations, and functions of the United States of America. It has been said to be a tripartite instrument, the parties being the state, the people, and the United States.
3 Wis. 96.
In Old English Law. A statute.