A formal assembly for the purpose of creating or revising a constitution. Article V of the U.S. Constitution provides two methods for proposing amendments, one of which is through a convention called by two-thirds of state legislatures.
From Latin 'constitutio' (establishment) and 'conventio' (a coming together). The term gained prominence during the 1787 Philadelphia Convention, which was originally called to revise the Articles of Confederation but instead created an entirely new constitution.
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