2016 Wesleyan Discipline:145

145. Function. The Constitution is that body of laws (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:135) that sets forth fundamental doctrines and practices, the basic laws, principles, and restrictions by which the Church is governed, and guarantees certain rights to its members and ministers. The Constitution takes precedence over statutory law, ritual, and all other laws and official actions of the governing bodies and officers within its jurisdiction (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:185). It is the law to which all statutory law, ritual, and any other legislative or official actions must conform.