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Definition of Constitution of the United States
1. Noun. The constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states.
Generic synonyms: Constitution, Fundamental Law, Organic Law
Terms within: Advice And Consent, Bill Of Rights, Fourteenth Amendment, Eighteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of Constitution Of The United States
Literary usage of Constitution of the United States
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United States of America Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1908)
"L.—Constitution of the United States OP AMERICA. We, As People of the United
States, in order to form a more perfect Union, ..."
2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1900)
"But the more recent Constitution of the United States contains certain principles
which exercise a most important influence, although they do not at once ..."
3. The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Benjamin Perley Poore, United States, United States Congress. Senate (1877)
"Constitution of the United States—1787.* WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in
Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic ..."
4. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"... constitution of the ' United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America, ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The law in question is not in conflict with that clause of S 10 of article 1 of
the Constitution of the United States which provides that "no state shall, ..."
6. The General Principles of Constitutional Law in the United States of America by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin (1898)
"... the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my
ability, perserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. ..."
7. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"The word "citizen" In the Constitution of the United States conveys the Idea of
membership of a nation and ..."
8. The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Benjamin Perley Poore, United States Congress. Senate (1878)
"Constitution of the United States—1787.* WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in
Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic ..."
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