Look up: Parliament

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   Parliament
   see 'Sevens'
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   parliament
   [n] - a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)
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   parliament
   Legislative (law-making) body of a country. The world's oldest parliament is the Icelandic Althing, which dates from about 930. The UK Parliament is usually dated from 1265. The legislature of the...
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   Parliament
   Par'lia·ment noun [ Middle English parlement , French parlement , from parler to speak; confer Late Latin parlamentum , parliamentum . See Parley .] 1. A parleying; a discussion; a conference. [ Obsolete] « But first they held their parliament .» Rom. of R. 2. A formal conference on public affairs; a general c ...
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   parliament
   noun a legislative assembly in certain countries
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   Parliament
   A `parliament` is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modelled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French `parlement`, the action of `parler` (to speak): a `parlement` is a talk, a discussion, hence a meeting (an assembly, a court) where people discuss matters.
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   Parliament
   • (n.) In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts. • (n.) A formal conference on public affairs; a general council; esp., an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws. • (n.) A parleying; a discussion; a conference. • (n.) The assembly of the three...
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   parliament
   (from the article `constitutional law`) The executive is organized very differently in a parliamentary system. In the United Kingdom, whose Westminster system has been adopted in many ... ...of constitutional democracy; Britain, although its system is sometimes referred to as a cabinet system in recognition of the role of the Cabinet .....
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   Parliament
   (from the article `Papua New Guinea`) ...faced the prospect of no-confidence motions when the 18-month postelection grace period that had kept him immune from parliamentary challenges ...
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    Parliament
    the original legislative assembly of England, Scotland, or Ireland and successively of Great Britain and the United Kingdom; legislatures in some ... [47 related articles]
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    Parliament
    Parliament, legislative assembly of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Over the centuries it has become more than a legislative body; it is the sovereign power of Great Britain, whereas the monarch remains sovereign in name only. Parliament consists, technically, of the monarc...
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