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Constitution_of_May_3,_1791 The Constitution of May 3, 1791 (; ) is generally regarded as Europe's first and the world's second modern codified national constitution, following the 1788 ratification of the United States Constitution. The May 3, 1791, Constitution was adopted as a "Government Act" (PolishUstawa rządowa) on that date by the Sejm (parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was in