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::(a) In a general sense (see 4): applied to several assemblies of historic note, as the Convention of Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts organized early in the 18th c.; the Albany Convention of 1754, the first [[movement]] of the colonies towards concerted action; the American Convention of Abolitionists, founded in 1793; the Hartford Convention of 1814, with a view to the possible division of the Union, etc.; joint convention: the meeting in one body of both branches of Congress or of a State legislature.  

::(a) In a general sense (see 4): applied to several assemblies of historic note, as the Convention of Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts organized early in the 18th c.; the Albany Convention of 1754, the first [[movement]] of the colonies towards concerted action; the American Convention of Abolitionists, founded in 1793; the Hartford Convention of 1814, with a view to the possible division of the Union, etc.; joint convention: the meeting in one body of both branches of Congress or of a State legislature.  

::(b) In [[Law]], A [[body]] constituted by statute to represent the people in their primary relations, and in some sense outside of the [[constitution]], as e.g. for the framing or amending of the constitution itself (Constitutional Convention). In this sense, applied to the body of delegates from the several states which framed the federal constitution in 1787; also, to a [[body]] meeting under [[authority]] of Congress to frame a constitution for a new [[state]], or convened by a state legislature, in the manner prescribed by law, to revise the constitution of the state.     

::(b) In [[Law]], A [[body]] constituted by statute to represent the people in their primary relations, and in some sense outside of the [[constitution]], as e.g. for the framing or amending of the constitution itself (Constitutional Convention). In this sense, applied to the body of delegates from the several states which framed the federal constitution in 1787; also, to a [[body]] meeting under [[authority]] of Congress to frame a constitution for a new [[state]], or convened by a state legislature, in the manner prescribed by law, to revise the constitution of the state.     

::(c) In party [[politics]], a meeting of delegates of a political party (National Convention of the Republican or the Democratic Party) to nominate candidates for the presidency of the U.S., or for state or local offices.    (d) The title of the triennial assembly (General Convention) of the American Episcopal Church (corresponding in some respects to Convocation in England), and of the annual diocesan assemblies (Diocesan Conventions) of the same.

::(c) In party [[politics]], a meeting of delegates of a political party (National Convention of the Republican or the Democratic Party) to nominate candidates for the presidency of the U.S., or for state or local offices.    (d) The title of the triennial assembly (General Convention) of the American Episcopal Church (corresponding in some respects to Convocation in England), and of the annual diocesan assemblies (Diocesan Conventions) of the same.