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What is a constitution?

What is a constitution? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
  2. (government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
  3. (law) A legal document describing such a formal system.
  4. The general health of a person.
  5. A person's physique or temperament.
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The division of jurisdiction between the federal and provincial Parliaments is specified in the Canadian constitution.
Our constitution had begun to exist in times when statesmen were not much accustomed to frame exact definitions.
The British constitution would develop on the basis of constitutional monarchy and the parliamentary system.
It is based on the constitution and federal statutory Criminal Code, as interpreted by the Supreme Court of Canada.
The country's constitution was amended to allow women to vote.
The fifth amendment to the United States constitution provides explicitly for the protection of private property.

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