founding document

A founding document is an authoritative text that formally establishes an organization, institution, or state by defining its core principles, structure, and governing rules.

Aliases (38)

• papal document ×19
• colonial charter ×6
• foundational document ×6
• royal charter ×6
• declaration of independence ×5
• foundational governing document ×4
• founding charter ×4
• Commonwealth of Nations document ×3
• document ×3
• founding statute ×3
• French constitution ×2
• United Nations document ×2
• colonial American document ×2
• home rule charter ×2
• statement of principles ×2
• Constitution ×1
• Continental Congress document ×1
• Greek revolutionary charter ×1
• Pennsylvania colonial charter ×1
• United States founding-era document ×1
• colonial charter of rights ×1
• constituent instrument of an international court ×1
• constitutive document ×1
• document of the First Continental Congress ×1
• former constitution ×1
• foundational charter of Saint-Domingue ×1
• foundational document of American economic policy ×1
• foundational document of Mexico ×1
• foundational document of the United States ×1
• foundational text of the French Revolution ×1
• founding document of the Bologna Process ×1
• founding document of the National Park Service ×1
• founding legal instrument ×1
• governing charter ×1
• historical constitution ×1
• insurgent charter ×1
• political charter ×1
• statement of rights ×1

Instances (103)

• Union of Utrecht
• Covenant of the League of Nations via concept surface "founding charter"
• Report on Manufactures via concept surface "foundational document of American economic policy"
• Act of Abjuration via concept surface "declaration of independence"
• French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen via concept surface "foundational text of the French Revolution"
• Buttonwood Agreement
• Basel Program via concept surface "foundational document"
• Charter of the City and County of San Francisco via concept surface "foundational governing document"
• Mayflower Compact via concept surface "colonial charter"
• Redemptoris Custos via concept surface "papal document"
• Constitutions of the Society of Jesus via concept surface "foundational document"
• Rosarium Virginis Mariae via concept surface "papal document"
• United Nations General Assembly resolutions via concept surface "United Nations document"
• Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) via concept surface "colonial American document"
• IMT Charter via concept surface "founding legal instrument"
• ASEAN Declaration via concept surface "founding charter"
• House Resolution 658 of the 95th Congress
  surface form: "House Resolution 658 (95th Congress)"
• Pastor aeternus via concept surface "papal document"
• Second Charter of Virginia via concept surface "royal charter"
• Massachusetts Body of Liberties via concept surface "colonial charter of rights"
• apostolic letter Fidelis dispensator et prudens via concept surface "papal document"
  surface form: "Fidelis dispensator et prudens"
• Regimini Ecclesiae universae via concept surface "papal document"
• Constitution of Medina via concept surface "political charter"
• Constitution of the Year X via concept surface "French constitution"
• Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis via concept surface "papal document"
• London Charter of the International Military Tribunal
• Statute of the International Court of Justice via concept surface "founding statute"
• Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees via concept surface "United Nations document"
• Los Angeles City Charter via concept surface "foundational governing document"
• National Science Foundation Act of 1950 via concept surface "founding statute"
• Royal Charter of 1663 via concept surface "colonial charter"
• Declaration and Resolves via concept surface "statement of rights"
• Frame of Government of Pennsylvania via concept surface "Pennsylvania colonial charter"
• Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 via concept surface "royal charter"
• Commonwealth Charter via concept surface "foundational document"
• 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka via concept surface "Constitution"
  surface form: "1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka"
• royal charter of Massachusetts Bay via concept surface "royal charter"
• The Joy of Love via concept surface "papal document"
• Gaudete et exsultate via concept surface "papal document"
• Apostolic Constitution "Praedicate Evangelium" via concept surface "papal document"
  surface form: "Praedicate Evangelium"
• Constitution of the Year VIII via concept surface "French constitution"
• Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam via concept surface "declaration of independence"
• Human Rights Council institution-building package (resolution 5/1) via concept surface "foundational document"
• Columbus Platform via concept surface "statement of principles"
• Public Law 93-198 via concept surface "home rule charter"
• Constitution of Apatzingán via concept surface "historical constitution"
• Plan of Iguala via concept surface "foundational document of Mexico"
• Connecticut Charter of 1662 via concept surface "royal charter"
• Pastor bonus via concept surface "papal document"
• Statute of the Council of Europe via concept surface "founding charter"
• Canon 1 via concept surface "document"
• Home Rule Act of 1973 via concept surface "home rule charter"
• Israeli Declaration of Independence
• Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus via concept surface "papal document"
• Laudate Deum via concept surface "papal document"
• Haitian Declaration of Independence via concept surface "declaration of independence"
• Haitian Constitution of 1801 via concept surface "foundational charter of Saint-Domingue"
• Fratres omnes via concept surface "papal document"
• Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands via concept surface "governing charter"
• Singapore Declaration of Commonwealth Principles via concept surface "Commonwealth of Nations document"
• Harare Declaration via concept surface "Commonwealth of Nations document"
• Free Software Definition via concept surface "foundational document"
• Continental Congress resolutions via concept surface "United States founding-era document"
• Verbum Domini via concept surface "papal document"
• Evangelii nuntiandi via concept surface "papal document"
• Amoris laetitia via concept surface "papal document"
• Mexican Constitution of 1824
• Symbolist Manifesto via concept surface "document"
• Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress via concept surface "colonial American document"
• Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas
• Redwood Original via concept surface "founding charter"
• declaration of independence in 1912 via concept surface "declaration of independence"
  surface form: "Declaration of Independence of Albania (1912)"
• Lee Resolution via concept surface "document"
• Treaty of Waitangi
• Organic Act of 1916 via concept surface "founding document of the National Park Service"
• American Declaration of Independence
  surface form: "United States Declaration of Independence"
• Articles of Confederation via concept surface "former constitution"
• Charter of 1337 via concept surface "royal charter"
• Evangelii gaudium via concept surface "papal document"
• Detroit City Charter via concept surface "foundational governing document"
• Apostolic Letter Sedula Mater via concept surface "papal document"
• Prasasti Mantyasih via concept surface "royal charter"
• Praedicate Evangelium via concept surface "papal document"
• The GNU Manifesto via concept surface "foundational document"
• Lima Declaration
• Constitution of 1823 (Epidaurus) via concept surface "Greek revolutionary charter"
• Placer County Charter via concept surface "foundational governing document"
• Bologna Declaration 1999 via concept surface "founding document of the Bologna Process"