constituted, ppl. a.
(ˈkɒnstɪtjuːtɪd)
[f. constitute v. + -ed1.]
Appointed, established, etc.: see the verb.
| 1651 Hobbes Govt. & Soc. iii. §4 According to..the constituted Lawes. 1807 J. Marshall Washington V. 354 Neither could he [sc. Jefferson] perceive danger to liberty except from the constituted authorities and especially from the executive. 1816 Pickering Vocab. 69 Constituted authorities, the officers of government collectively, in a kingdom, city, town, &c. This expression has been adopted by some of our writers from the vocabulary of the French Revolution. 1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xxiii. 187 The respect due to constituted authorities. |