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constituent
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constituent (Member), noun associate, colleague, constituency, fellow resident, resident, resident of the same district, resident voter, voter
constituent (Part), noun balloter, component, commonent part, division, element, elementum, factor, feature, fraction, fragment, included, ingredient, installment, integral part, integrant, integrant part, one of, pars, part, part and parcel, particle, piece, section, sector, segment, subdivision
Associated concepts: constituent elements, constituent members, constituent parts
See also: characteristic, component, element, factor, feature, ingredient, integral, item, member, part, portion, segment, substantive, unit

CONSTITUENT. He who gives authority to another to act for him. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 893.
     2. The constituent is bound with whatever his attorney does by virtue of his authority. The electors of a member of the legislature are his constituents, to whom he is responsible for his legislative acts.
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But let me ask you this, do you believe there would be more or fewer efforts to constituently ban gay marriage around the country, if a Massachusetts marriage has to be sanctified in Utah?
Bill Clinton Takes on College Student Over Gay Marriage Law by Katharine Jose / The New York Observer
Clearly, if they are the necessary conditions for the existence of the infinitely protean civil society or social bond, such laws cannot be constituently subordinate to an existent, a determinate sovereign.
Is humanity enough? The secular theology of human rights by Fitzpatrick, Peter / Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal
Sutton New Hall councillor David Roy said: "We have been optimistic that this would happen for a while now, this just copper-bottoms the things that the constituently want, protection for the green belt.
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