::(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. |