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[19] This first Assembly, as having framed the Constitution, is often called the Constituent Assembly; the second, that which was about to meet, being distinguished as the Legislative Assembly.
The Life of Marie Antoinette Yonge, Charles Duke, 1812-1891 1876
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More than 90 parties are running for a seat in the so-called Constituent Assembly, tasked to draft a new constitution and set parliamentary and presidential elections.
Tunisians Actively Contemplating Democratic Elections in October 2011
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The October elections were hugely significant because of the nearly unfettered constitutional and policy-making powers of what legal scholars would refer to as a Constituent Assembly.
Daniel Wagner: Tunisia's Constitutional Challenge Daniel Wagner 2012
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More than 90 parties are running for a seat in the so-called Constituent Assembly, tasked to draft a new constitution and set parliamentary and presidential elections.
Tunisians Actively Contemplating Democratic Elections in October 2011
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For more information about the vigil, call Constituent Services Officer Carlton Terry at (202) 724-8105 or e-mail him.
Prayer vigil set for slain D.C. Council intern Alonte Sutton 2010
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The bourgeoisie insisted upon calling the Constituent
From October to Brest-Litovsk Leon Davidovich Trotzky 1909
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I have asked the Assembly, which you still call Constituent, for the abolition of the death penalty, and it is not my fault if the first principles of reason seem to it moral and political heresies.
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The first National Assembly, called the Constituent, which was convened to draw up a constitution for France, having completed its work, was dissolved; and another assembly, denominated the
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Under the agreement, Thomas D-Ward 5 will also be prohibited from "directing, controlling, or participating in the solicitation of charitable contributions in the District, with the exception of his so-called Constituent Fund" for five years.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Nikita Stewart 2011
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The Assembly called Constituent, destroyed all such institutions very early.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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