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 {{you may|Constitution of the United States|Constitution III|n1=the Constitution of the United States|n2=for the ship Constitution III|}}
 The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a legal document of the [[Time Lord]]s society on [[Gallifrey]], set in articles.
+It could be amended on proposition of the [[Lord President]] and agreement of the [[High Council]].
 One of its laws was the [[article 17]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
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 :''It is unsure if the [[article 7]] belongs or not to the Constitution.''
+== History ==
+Long before the Doctor's departure from Gallifrey, [[President (Birth of a Renegade)|an unnamed Lord President]] rewrote the Constitution of the Time Lords to allow the Lord President to name his successor. His intention was to create a family dynasty. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Renegade]]'')
+After the [[Fourth Doctor]] appealed on it, the candidate President [[Goth]] was willing to amend the article 17, once he had become Lord President. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
 [[Category:Gallifreyan laws]]
 [[Category:Gallifreyan texts]]