Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government.

synonyms: fundamental law, organic law.

Roget 924: due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright.    immunity, license, liberty, franchise; vested interest, vested right.    sanction, authority, warranty, charter; warrant etc. (permission) 760; constitution etc. (law) 963; tenure; bond etc. (security) 771.    claimant, appellant; plaintiff etc. 938.    ... show more

Roget 963: legality; legitimacy, legitimateness.    legislature; law, code, corpus juris [Lat.], constitution, pandect^†, charter, enactment, statute, rule; canon etc. (precept) 697; ordinance, institution, regulation; bylaw, byelaw; decree etc. (order) 741; ordonnance^†; standing order; plebiscite etc. (choice) 609.    legal process; form, formula, formality; rite, arm of the law; habeas corpus; fieri facias [Lat.].    [Science of law] jurisprudence, nomology^†; legislation, codification.    equity, common law; lex [Lat.], lex nonscripta [Lat.]; law of nations, droit des gens [Fr.], international law, jus gentium [Lat.]; jus civile [Lat.]; civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law; lex mercatoria [Lat.].    constitutionalism, constitutionality; justice etc. 922.    [institution for deciding questions of law] court, tribunal etc. 966.    [person who presides at a court or tribunal] judge etc. 967.    [specialist in questions of law] lawyer, attorney, legal counsel etc. 968.    ... show more

Roget 5: intrinsicality^†, inbeing^†, inherence, inhesion^†; subjectiveness; ego; egohood^†; essence, noumenon; essentialness^† etc. adj.; essential part, quintessence, incarnation, quiddity, gist, pith, marrow, core, sap, lifeblood, backbone, heart, soul; important part etc. (importance) 642.    principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis^†, diathesis^†.    habit; temper, temperament; spirit, humor, grain; disposition.    endowment, capacity; capability etc. (power) 157.    moods, declensions, features, aspects; peculiarities etc. (speciality) 79; idiosyncrasy, oddity; idiocrasy etc. (tendency) 176; diagnostics.    ... show more

Roget 7: state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight, temper; aspect etc. (appearance) 448, dilemma, pass, predicament.    constitution, habitude, diathesis^†; frame, fabric etc. 329; stamp, set, fit, mold, mould.    mode, modality, schesis^†; form etc. (shape) 240.    tone, tenor, turn; trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character.    ... show more

Dutch: grondwet, staatsrecht
Polish: ustawa zasadnicza, konstytucja

The act of forming or establishing something:
— The constitution of a PTA group last year.

synonyms: establishment, formation, organisation, organization.

Roget 329: structure (form) 240, organization, anatomy, frame, mold, fabric, construction; framework, carcass, architecture; stratification, cleavage.    substance, stuff, compages^†, parenchyma [Biol.]; constitution, staple, organism.    [Science of structures] organography^†, osteology, myology, splanchnology^†, neurology, angiography^†, adeology^†; angiography^†, adenography^†.    texture, surface texture; intertexture^†, contexture^†; tissue, grain, web, surface; warp and woof, warp and weft; tooth, nap etc. (roughness) 256; flatness (smoothness) 255; fineness of grain; coarseness of grain, dry goods.    silk, satin; muslin, burlap.    [Science of textures] histology.    ... show more

Dutch: bestel, installatie, organisatie, vestiging
Polish: utworzenie

The constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states.

synonyms: Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution, United States Constitution, US Constitution.

The way in which someone or something is composed.

synonyms: composition, make-up, makeup, physical composition.

Roget 54: composition, constitution, crasis^†; combination etc. 48; inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception; embodiment; formation.   

Polish: budowa, konstrukcja, struktura

A United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston.

synonym: Old Ironsides.