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a) Rigid or Flexible. A rigid Constitution is one that can be amended only by a formal and usually difficult
process; while a flexible Constitution is one that can be changed by ordinary legislation [Cruz, ibid., p. 5].
1 Constitution defined. That body of rules and maxims in accordance with which the powers of
sovereignty are habitually exercised [Cooley, Constitutional Limitations, p. 4]. With particular reference to
the Constitution of the Philippines: That written instrument enacted by direct action of the people by which
the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited and defined, and by which those powers
are distributed among the several departments for their safe and useful exercise for the benefit of the body
politic [Malcolm, Philippine Constitutional Law, p. 6].
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