| 单词 | constituent power |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconstituent power 4. Having the power to frame or alter a (political) constitution, as in constituent assembly, constituent power, phrases which originated in French in 1789. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > [adjective] > having power to frame constituting1792 constituent1801 1801 W. Dupré Lexicographia-neologica Gallica 62 Decreed by the constituent assembly, on the 12th of July, 1790. 1833 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. I. v. 339 Mirabeau represented the Constituent..Vergniaud..the Legislative Body. 1873 Daily News 5 Mar. 5/5 He did not deny the constituent power of the Assembly, but..if they were constituent why did they not proceed to ‘constitute’? 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiv. 406 Reform bills we have seen without number; a constituent assembly we have never seen. < as lemmas |
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