Legal Definition and Related Resources of Constituency

A geographical area for parliamentary and local elections.

noun

• affiliates
• associates
• body of members
• chapter
• collective members
• community
• constituents
• delegation
• district
• division
• electorate
• electors
• enrollment
• faction
• group
• interest group
• lobby
• members
• membership
• partisanship
• party
• polity
• voters
• voting

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Constituency in Historical Law

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Constituency in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of constituency.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• constituency in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• constituency in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Constituency

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Constituency :

An area of the UK for which a representative is elected to membership of the *House of Commons or the *European Parliament.

See also boundary commissions.