constitutional convention
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concept
A constitutional convention is a formal gathering of representatives convened to draft, revise, or replace a constitution or fundamental governing framework of a political entity.
Aliases (4)
- constituent assembly ×5
- Federal Convention ×1
- constitutional assembly ×1
- state ratifying conventions ×1
Instances (19)
- Greek National Assemblies of the War of Independence
- Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico
- Royal Assent
- Constituent Assembly of India ("constituent assembly")
- North Carolina ratifying conventions for the U.S. Constitution ("state ratifying conventions")
- Parliamentary Council ("constitutional assembly")
- Constituent Congress of 1823–1824 ("constituent assembly")
- Bundesversammlung ("Federal Convention")
- Ministerial Code of the United Kingdom
- constitutional convention of 1875 (Texas)
- National Congress of Belgium ("constituent assembly")
- California constitutional convention of 1849 (as law‑making body for U.S. statehood)
- Virginia Ratifying Convention
- Cortes of Cádiz ("constituent assembly")
- Alaska Constitutional Convention
- Constituent Assembly of Portugal ("constituent assembly")
- Oregon Constitutional Convention of 1857
- Constitutional conventions of New Zealand
- Constitutional Convention