For those who want informations about constituent assembly: constituent adjective 1. forming part of a whole. 2. having the power to create or alter a constitution a constituent assembly. 3. having the power to elect. noun 1. a necessary part; a component. 2. a resident in a constituency.[17c: from Latin constituens, from constituere to establish.] Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Millennium Edition from Cassell Assembly Assembly of Notables, The. In French history an assembly of persons of distinction and political weight summoned by the Valois kings at their pleasure instead of convening the States General. It was the only concession made to consulting the will of the nation. They were called together by Richelieu in 1626-7 and not again until 1787, when Louis XVI was harassed by impending financial collapse. The last time they met was 6 November 1788. Constituent Assembly xreferplus The first of the National Assemblies of the French Revolution, which sat from July 1789 until 1791, so called from its main objective of drawing up a new constitution. After the Second World War a National Constituent Assembly of 522 deputies was elected in France, according to the constitution promulgated in October 1945. In 1997 there were 577 deputies, 555 for Metropolitan France and 22 for the overseas departments and territories. National Assembly On 17 June 1789, the Third Estate of the French States General proclaimed itself the National Assembly and in July the Constituent Assembly. National Assembly Encyclop?dia Britannica Article French Assembl?e Nationale, Any of various historical French parliaments or houses of parliament. From June 17 to July 9, 1789, it was the name of the revolutionary assembly formed by representatives of the Third Estate; thereafter (until replaced by the Legislative Assembly on Sept. 30, 1791) its formal name was National Constituent Assembly (Assembl?e Nationale Constituante), though popularly the shorter form persisted. The name was not used again until the National Assembly of 1871?75, which concluded the Franco-German War and drafted the constitution of 1875. During the ensuing Third Republic (1875?1940), it was the joint name for the two houses of parliament, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. During the Fourth Republic (1946?58), it was the new name of the lower house alone (the former Chamber of Deputies)?the name of the upper house (the former Senate) being changed to the Council of the Republic. For the Fifth Republic (beginning in 1958), the name National Assembly was retained for the lower house, and the upper house reverted to the name of Senate. Popularly, the name National Assembly has often been used when referring to any constituent assembly (assembl?e constituante)?not only the National Constituent Assembly of the Revolution but also the Constituent Assembly of 1848 (which created the Second Republic) and the Constituent Assembly of 1945?46 (which created the Fourth Republic).