Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Constituent

n.1 A person who gives another the authority to act as a representative; a principal who appoints an agent. 2. Someone who is represented by a legislator or other elected official. 3. One part of something that makes up a whole; an element. - constituency, n.

Constituent adj.1

that helps make up or complete a unit or a whole <a constituent element of the criminal offense>. 2. (Of an assembly) able to frame or amend a constitution <a constituent council>.

constituent element

An essential component of a crime or cause of action.