constitution

/ˌkɑn·stɪˈtu·ʃən/ n [C] (LAWS) politics & government

Definition

› the set of political principles by which a place or organization is governed, or the written document that records it: The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States are called the Bill of Rights. › US history The Constitution of the United States is a document that establishes the basic rules and laws of the American government.

(Definition of constitution n (LAWS) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)