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1793. CONVENTIONS, Constitutional.—
The * * * States in the Union have
been of opinion that to render a form of government
unalterable by ordinary acts of As
sembly, the people must delegate persons with
special powers. They have accordingly chosen
special conventions to form and fix their governments.—
Notes on Virginia. Washington ed. viii, 367.
Ford ed., iii, 229.
(1782)
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