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33rd United States Congress

This dimension names the legislature or authority that promulgated a statute. Wikipedia notes a statute may also be called an "act" depending on the legal system, but in every case it is "a formal written enactment of a legislature." Browsing this way collects every statute enacted by the same legislature.

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A constitution, or supreme law, is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed. 1
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A constitution, or supreme law, is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.
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