Constitution

A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is. When these principles are written down into a single document or set of legal documents, those documents may be said to embody a written constitution; if they are written down in a single comprehensive document, it is said to embody a codified constitution.

Several nations have them, for example: India, the USA, Venezuela, Nigeria and Ireland.


 * Sources: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/constitution and http://constitution.com/.