constituent

constituent
con·stit·u·ent 1 /kən-'sti-chə-wənt/ n
1: one who authorizes another to act as agent: principal
2: a member of a constituency
constituent 2 adj: having the power to create a government or to frame or amend a constitution
a constituent assembly

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

constituent
I (member) noun associate, colleague, constituency, fellow resident, resident, resident of the same district, resident voter, voter II (part) noun balloter, component, component part, division, element, elementum, factor, feature, fraction, fragment, included, ingredient, installment, integral part, integrant, integrant part, one of, pars, part, part and parcel, particle, piece, section, sector, segment, subdivision associated concepts: constituent elements, constituent members, constituent parts III index component, element, factor (ingredient), feature (characteristic), ingredient, integral, item, member (individual in a group), part (portion), segment, substantive, unit (item)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


constituent
n.
One who authorizes someone else to act for him or her, usually used to name the members of a community that elect and are represented by a legislator or politician.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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