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CONSTITUTION (10)
CONSTITUTION (10)
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short
for the
Constitution
of the United
States
: the
fundamental
law
of the United
States
, which went into
effect
in 1789. The first ten
amendments
to the
Constitution
, called the
Bill
of
Rights
, were added in 1791 to provide adequate guarantees of
individual
liberties
, including the
rights
guaranteed to accused persons in the
courts
.
—Conquest of
Chaos
Approved Glossary (8.7.92)