宪

statute / constitution

early / prior / former / in advance / first

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

constitution (of a country) / CL:部[bu4]

charter

military police

military police corps

the Kempeitai or Japanese Military Police 1881-1945 (Japanese counterpart of the Gestapo during WWII)

unconstitutional

system of constitutional government / (attributive) constitutional

to amend the constitution

United Nations charter

to violate the constitution

Charter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008

Huang Zunxian (1848-1905), Qing dynasty poet and diplomat, author of A Record of Japan 日本國誌|日本国志[Ri4 ben3 Guo2 zhi4], an extended analysis of Meiji Japan

Guardian Council, body of 12 appointed clerics which governs Iran

Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / The five courts or 院[yuan4] are 行政院[xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive yuan, 立法院[li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative yuan, 司法院[si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院[kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院[jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control yuan

Guardian Council of the Constitution of Iran

laws / regulations / rules

constitutionalism

Constitutional Court

the Chartist movement (in the 1840s in England)

to set up a constitution