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Constituent Assembly

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noun

French History.
  1. the legislature of France 1789–91.


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Time magazine reported that Indian leaders had gathered in the Constituent Assembly Hall an hour before midnight.

From BBC Nov. 5, 2025

His mother, Ariadna Chernova, was the daughter of Viktor Chernov, a socialist revolutionary who fleetingly served as president of Russia's Constituent Assembly in 1918, before it was dispersed by the Bolsheviks.

From Reuters Jul. 26, 2023

The head of the country’s Constituent Assembly, who is also a military officer, and the former head of Venezuelan military intelligence were also charged.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2020

The assembly was scheduled to meet Tuesday, which would have coincided with a session of the National Constituent Assembly.

From Washington Post Jan. 15, 2020

So it was with the Constituent Assembly which prepared the way for Kolchak.

From Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) by Leon Davidovich Trotzky

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