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Simple English definitions for legal terms

constituent

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A quick definition of constituent:

A constituent is a part of something that makes up a whole. It can also refer to a person who gives someone else the power to act as their representative or someone who is represented by an elected official. In some cases, a constituent can also be a member of an assembly that has the power to create or change a constitution.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Constituent can be used as an adjective or a noun. As an adjective, it refers to a component that helps make up a unit or a whole. As a noun, it can refer to a person who gives another the authority to act as a representative, someone who is represented by an elected official, or one part of something that makes up a whole.

Adjective: The constituent elements of a cake are flour, sugar, eggs, and butter.

Noun: John is a constituent of Senator Smith's district and can contact him with any concerns or issues he has.

Noun: The United States is made up of fifty constituent states.

These examples illustrate how constituent can be used to describe a part of a whole or a person who is represented by an elected official. In the first example, the constituent elements are the individual ingredients that make up a cake. In the second example, John is a constituent of Senator Smith's district, meaning he is one of the people that Senator Smith represents. In the third example, the constituent states are the individual states that make up the United States as a whole.

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me seeing someone with a 180 lsat and 3.87 gpa got rejected from stanford
like okay then
NosyBeagle
13:28
nah i'd be so mad
i visited uiuc a ton!!!!! my friends all went there
NosyBeagle
13:29
i miss it but i don't at the same time
i got in but the thought of being in cornfields made me wanna die
what year did you graduate, beagle???
NosyBeagle
13:29
last year in may
omg youngling........
NosyBeagle
13:29
I got into Howard but it was too expensive so I went to uiuc. Maybe I'll go there for law school. my mom wants me to lol
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13:30
either there or GULC
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13:30
am baby. waaaaa
uiuc is a great school!!! also the tuition is dirt cheap
which is #goof
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NosyBeagle
13:31
yes very much that
NosyBeagle
13:31
I am poor so it works out
NosyBeagle
13:32
my gpa is ass cus I initially wanted to do engineering, pissed myself off with my inability to do math, and then i found poli sci--my beloved
my gpa is shite as well, it is what it is
poli sci for the WINNN!!! just attach an addendum and i'm sure you'll be fine
NosyBeagle
13:35
yes i have one written out
NosyBeagle
13:35
I just have to beat the lsat
NosyBeagle
13:35
It will not win. I refuse
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@NosyBeagle: you in chicago now?
NosyBeagle
13:36
nice try, fed, but I exist in between time and space. (hitting the msg limit i'm still here, folks)
13:37
Dang, I'm actually a Harvard adcom who would have admitted you if you answered straight but I guess not anymore
this is sending me
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pizza at work today and i'm not having any and one of my coworkers said that's why i'm skinny
GOOD LUCK FINDING MY WAIST........(i'm just running on 5 hours of sleep and pizza sounds not tasty to me rn)
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