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-The term constitution refers to that body of rules and principles in accordance with which the powers of sovereignty

are regularly exercised.

-written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established , limited, and defined and by which these powers are distributed among the several departments or branches for their safe and useful exercise for the benefit of the people

(1) A constitution is the charter

creating the government It has the status of a supreme or fundamental law as it speaks for the entire people from whom it derives its claim to obedience.

(2) The purpose of a constitution is to prescribe the permanent framework of the system of government and to assign to the different departments or branches, their respective powers and duties, and to establish certain basic principles on which the government is founded.

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