Constitutional Convention definitions

Constitutional Convention

[Australia] In Australian history, the term Constitutional Convention refers to four distinct gatherings. ==1891 convention== The 1891 Constitutional Convention was held in Sydney in March 1891 to consider a draft Constitution for the proposed federation of the British colonies in Australia and New Zealand. There were 46 delegates at the Co...
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Constitutional Convention

[California] The California Constitutional Conventions were two separate constitutional conventions that took place in California during the nineteenth century. The first, held in September and October 1849, in advance of California attaining U.S. statehood the following year, adopted the state`s original constitution. This document maintai...
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Constitutional Convention

[Philippines] Constitutional convention or con-con is one of the three modes in which the `Constitution of the Philippines can be amended. The other two modes are via a People`s Initiative or `PI` and Constituent Assembly or `Con-Ass`. Under Article XVII, Sec.3 of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines: `The Congress may, by a vote of two...
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Constitutional Convention

[United States] The Constitutional Convention{rp|31} (also known as the Philadelphia Convention,{rp|31} the Federal Convention,{rp|31} or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia) took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating u...
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Constitutional convention

[political custom] A constitutional convention is an informal and uncodified procedural agreement that is followed by the institutions of a state. In some states, notably those Commonwealth of Nations states that follow the Westminster system and whose political systems derive from British constitutional law, most government functions are g...
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Constitutional convention

[political meeting] A constitutional convention is a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution. A general constitutional convention is called to create the first constitution of a political unit or to entirely replace an existing constitution. An unlimited constitutional convention is calle...
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