34 Bangladesh has a different meaning than that of the same phrase that has been used in the preamble of the Indian and American constitution and these constitutions have to be interpreted in that context. One may pose a question as to the meaning of the term of the constitution. Constitution may be defined as to body of rules and maxims in accordance with which the power sovereignty constitution is are valuable habitually in exercised. proportion as it A is suited to the circumstances, desires, and aspirations of the people, and as it contains within itself the elements against of stability, disorder and permanence, revolution. and security Ultimately it is valuable only to the extent that it is recognised and can be enforced. Although every State may be said in some sense to have a constitution, the term constitutional government is only applied to those whose fundamental rules or maxims not only applied to those shall be chosen or designated to whom the exercise of sovereign powers shall be confined, but also impose efficient restraints on the exercise for the purpose of protecting individual rights and