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- 4. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
- 5. a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
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- 1. the process of altering or amending a law or document (such as a constitution) by parliamentary or constitutional procedure rights that were granted by amendment of the Constitution.
- 2. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
- 3. the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.