1) a system (laws and principles) according to which a state is governed (constitution)
2) the way of using something; amount of use; (an instance of) the way of using a language (especially not governed by grammatical rules) (usage)
owing obedience to something; having a tendency to suffer something; depend on something; a person who is a member of a nation; something (to be) talked or written about or studied
at the mercy of; answerable
