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)

to amend the constitution

system of constitutional government / (attributive) constitutional

Empress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正[Yong1 zheng4] and mother of Emperor Qianlong 乾隆[Qian2 long2]

laws / regulations / rules

constitutionality

the Chartist movement (in the 1840s in England)

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

constitutional government

constitutionalism

Guardian Council of the Constitution of Iran

Constitutional Court

Guardian Council, body of 12 appointed clerics which governs Iran

constitutional monarchy

Emperor Xianzong of Tang (778-820), reign name of twelfth Tang emperor Li Chun 李純|李纯[Li3 Chun2] reigned 805-820

Magna Carta