founding document
C531
concept
A founding document is an authoritative text that formally establishes an organization, institution, or state by defining its core principles, structure, and governing rules.
All labels observed (58)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| papal document | 79 |
| founding document canonical | 38 |
| foundational governing document | 37 |
| declaration of independence | 34 |
| foundational document | 29 |
| royal charter | 27 |
| United Nations document | 25 |
| founding charter | 19 |
| colonial charter | 13 |
| founding statute | 11 |
| document | 7 |
| Constitution | 6 |
| political charter | 6 |
| governing charter | 5 |
| Commonwealth of Nations document | 4 |
| colonial American document | 4 |
| founding legal instrument | 4 |
| home rule charter | 4 |
| statement of principles | 4 |
| French constitution | 3 |
| fundamental charter | 3 |
| foundational governance document | 2 |
| foundational political document | 2 |
| founding act | 2 |
| Continental Congress document | 1 |
| Czechoslovak independence document | 1 |
| Greek revolutionary charter | 1 |
| Pennsylvania colonial charter | 1 |
| United States founding-era document | 1 |
| colonial charter of rights | 1 |
| colonial governing document | 1 |
| constituent instrument of an international court | 1 |
| constitutional document of the Palestine Liberation Organization | 1 |
| constitutive document | 1 |
| document of the First Continental Congress | 1 |
| former constitution | 1 |
| foundational charter of Saint-Domingue | 1 |
| foundational command document | 1 |
| foundational constitutional document of the Bahá'í Faith | 1 |
| foundational document of American economic policy | 1 |
| foundational document of Mexico | 1 |
| foundational document of the Turkish national movement | 1 |
| foundational document of the United States | 1 |
| foundational project document | 1 |
| foundational state document | 1 |
| foundational text of the French Revolution | 1 |
| foundational text of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy | 1 |
| founding document of Alberta | 1 |
| founding document of MERCOSUR institutional framework | 1 |
| founding document of the Bologna Process | 1 |
| founding document of the National Park Service | 1 |
| founding document of the Union State | 1 |
| founding political document | 1 |
| founding treaty provision | 1 |
| historical constitution | 1 |
| insurgent charter | 1 |
| statement of rights | 1 |
| texto fundacional | 1 |