Constitute
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Constitute
To comprise or put together. That which is duly constituted is properly made up and formally correct and valid.
Constituted authorities are officers who are properly appointed under constitutional provision to govern the people.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
TO CONSTITUTE, contr. To empower, to authorize. In the common form of letters of attorney, these words occur, I nominate, constitute and appoint."
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.