Self-constituting
verb (used with object), constituted, constituting.
1.
to compose; form:
mortar constituted of lime and sand.
2.
to appoint to an office or function; make or create:
He was constituted treasurer.
3.
to establish (laws, an institution, etc.).
4.
to give legal form to (an assembly, court, etc.).
5.
to create or be tantamount to:
Imports constitute a challenge to local goods.
6.
Archaic. to set or place.
verb (transitive)
1.
to make up; form; compose: the people who constitute a jury
2.
to appoint to an office or function: a legally constituted officer
3.
to set up (a school or other institution) formally; found
4.
(law) to give legal form to (a court, assembly, etc)
5.
(law, obsolete) to set up or enact (a law)
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