Editing Constitution (section)

==Etymology==
The term ''constitution'' comes through [[French (language)|French]] from the [[Latin language|Latin]] word {{Lang|la|constitutio}}, used for regulations and orders, such as the [[Roman Empire|imperial]] enactments (''constitutiones principis'': edicta, mandata, decreta, rescripta).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2MqfUsMiDbYC&q=%22constitutiones+principis%22&pg=PA243|title=The Historical and Institutional Context of Roman Law|first=George|last=Mousourakis|date=December 12, 2003|publisher=Ashgate|isbn=9780754621140|via=Google Books}}</ref> Later, the term was widely used in [[canon law]] for an important determination, especially a decree issued by the [[Pope]], now referred to as an ''[[apostolic constitution]]''.

[[William Blackstone]] used the term for significant and egregious violations of public trust, of a nature and extent that the transgression would justify a [[revolutionary]] response. The term as used by Blackstone was not for a legal text, nor did he intend to include the later American concept of [[judicial review]]: "for that were to set the judicial power above that of the legislature, which would be subversive of all government".<ref>{{cite book |title=Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law|date=May 17, 2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=17 |isbn=978-0-19-957861-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uP3VWeTMnxsC}}</ref>