Constable, kun'-stå-bl, s

an. officer charged with the preservation of the peace; in the middle ages, ahigh ] state functionary. In England, high constables and petty constables constables invested with the power of arresting and, imprisoning, and of breaking open houses; also with powers to execute civil as well as criminal proce es, and levy executions, though criminal proce es are now generally executed by the police force of the county. A special constable, one appointed to act on special emergencies, ashen the public peace is endangered. (L. comes tabuli, count of the stable.) diction of constables. stable. which constable's power extends sisting of constables: s. the body of constables. firmne of mind; unshaken uns determination; steadfastne ; stability in love or friendship; certainty; veracity. firm in mind or principle; steady; faithful in affection; without intermi ion: s. that which remains unchanged, as the laws of gravity or the revolutions of the earth [Physics]; a quantity which remains the same throughout a problem [Math.] (L. con, and sto, to stand.) Constantly, kon'-stant-le,ad. inconstant manner. stantia near Cape town). great seal of the enrolment of any letters patent; a certificate of what appears in an official record (L. it appears). radiance: v.a. to unite in one splendour (L. con, and stella, a star). stars conceived generally as representing some mythological figure; an a emblage of splendors or excellences. that confounds and incapacitates (L. con, and sterno, to strike prostrate). to make costive (L. con, and stipo, to pack or cram close). constituents or electors. an e ential elementary part; having the power of constituting or appointing: s.s.hewho or that which fixes or constitutes anything; that which constitutes an e ential part; one of those who elect a person to office as their representative. Constituent A embly, the first national a embly of the French Revolution in1788. to establish; to form or compose; to make a thing what it is; to appoint or elect to an office or employment (L. con, and statuo, to set or place). tuted authorities, the . magistrates or governors of a nation, municipality, ing or appointing; that form of being or structure of parts which constitutes a system or body; frame or temper of mind; affections or pa ions; the established form of government in a state or kingdom; a system of fundamental rules or principles for the government of a state or country; alaw or ordinance made by the authority of some superior body, either ecclesiastical or civil. Apostolic constitutions, a code regulative of faith and church discipline ascribed by some to the apostles [Eccles.] Constitutions of Clarendon, certain statutes defining the jurisdiction of church and state drawn up at Clarendon in 1164. constitution or natural frame; consistent with or authorized by the constitution or fundamental rules ofa government: s. a walk for the benefit of one's health. Constitutional government, one in which the chief of the state is in his sovereign capacity subject to the constitution. Constitutionally, kon-ste-tu'- shun-al-e, ad. according to the constitution., Constitutionalism, kon-ste-tu'-shun-ai-izm, s. respect for or adherence to constitutional principles. constitution or of constitutional government. of being constitutional, either physically or politically.