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Definition of parliament
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of parliament is as below...
Parliament
(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..
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Tack
::
Tack (v. t.) In
parliamentary
usage,
to add (a
supplement)
to a bill; to
append;
-- often with on or to..
Starched
::
Star-chamber
(n.) An
ancient
high court
exercising
jurisdiction
in
certain
cases,
mainly
criminal,
which sat
without
the
intervention
of a jury. It
consisted
of the
king's
council,
or of the privy
council
only with the
addition
of
certain
judges.
It could
proceed
on mere rumor or
examine
witnesses;
it could apply
torture.
It was
abolished
by the Long
Parliament
in
1641..
Parliamentarian
::
Parliamentarian
(n.) One
versed
in the rules and
usages
of
Parliament
or
similar
deliberative
assemblies;
as, an
accomplished
parliamentarian..
Sergeant
::
Sergeant
(n.)
Formerly,
in
England,
an
officer
nearly
answering
to the more
modern
bailiff
of the
hundred;
also, an
officer
whose duty was to
attend
on the king, and on the lord high
steward
in
court,
to
arrest
traitors
and other
offenders.
He is now
called
sergeant-at-arms,
and two of these
officers,
by
allowance
of the
sovereign,
attend
on the
houses
of
Parliament
(one for each
house)
to
execute
their
commands,
and
another
attends
the Court
Chancery..
Act
::
Act (n.) The
result
of
public
deliberation;
the
decision
or
determination
of a
legislative
body,
council,
court of
justice,
etc.; a
decree,
edit, law,
judgment,
resolve,
award;
as, an act of
Parliament,
or of
Congress..
Blue Book
::
Blue book () A
parliamentary
publication,
so
called
from its blue paper
covers..
Passage
::
Passage
(v. i.) In
parliamentary
proceedings:
(a) The
course
of a
proposition
(bill,
resolution,
etc.)
through
the
several
stages
of
consideration
and
action;
as,
during
its
passage
through
Congress
the bill was
amended
in both
Houses.
(b) The
advancement
of a bill or other
proposition
from one stage to
another
by an
affirmative
vote; esp., the final
affirmative
action
of the body upon a
proposition;
hence,
adoption;
enactment;
as, the
passage
of the bill to its third
reading
was
delayed..
Cortes
::
Cortes
(n. pl.) The
legislative
assembly,
composed
of
nobility,
clergy,
and
representatives
of
cities,
which in Spain and in
Portugal
answers,
in some
measure,
to the
Parliament
of Great
Britain..
Chartism
::
Chartism
(n.) The
principles
of a
political
party in
England
(1838-48),
which
contended
for
universal
suffrage,
the vote by
ballot,
annual
parliaments,
equal
electoral
districts,
and other
radical
reforms,
as set forth in a
document
called
the
People's
Charter..
Chancery
::
Chancery
(n.) In
England,
formerly,
the
highest
court of
judicature
next to the
Parliament,
exercising
jurisdiction
at law, but
chiefly
in
equity;
but under the
jurisdiction
act of 1873 it
became
the
chancery
division
of the High Court of
Justice,
and now
exercises
jurisdiction
only in
equity..
Special
::
Special
(a.)
Appropriate;
designed
for a
particular
purpose,
occasion,
or
person;
as, a
special
act of
Parliament
or of
Congress;
a
special
sermon..
Boroughmonger
::
Boroughmonger
(n.) One who buys or sells the
parliamentary
seats of
boroughs.
Parliament
::
Parliament
(n.) A
parleying;
a
discussion;
a
conference.
Parliament
::
Parliament
(n.) The
assembly
of the three
estates
of the
United
Kingdom
of Great
Britain
and
Ireland,
viz., the lords
spiritual,
lords
temporal,
and the
representatives
of the
commons,
sitting
in the House of Lords and the House of
Commons,
constituting
the
legislature,
when
summoned
by the royal
authority
to
consult
on the
affairs
of the
nation,
and to enact and
repeal
laws..
Parliamentary
::
Parliamentary
(a.)
According
to the rules and
usages
of
Parliament
or of
deliberative
bodies;
as, a
parliamentary
motion..
House
::
House (n.) One of the
estates
of a
kingdom
or other
government
assembled
in
parliament
or
legislature;
a body of men
united
in a
legislative
capacity;
as, the House of
Lords;
the House of
Commons;
the House of
Representatives;
also, a
quorum
of such a body. See
Congress,
and
Parliament..
Table
::
Table (v. t.) In
parliamentary
usage,
to lay on the
table;
to
postpone,
by a
formal
vote, the
consideration
of (a bill,
motion,
or the like) till
called
for, or
indefinitely..
Chiltern Hundreds
::
Chiltern
Hundreds
() A tract of crown land in
Buckinghamshire
and
Oxfordshire,
England,
to which is
attached
the
nominal
office
of
steward.
As
members
of
Parliament
cannot
resign,
when they wish to go out they
accept
this
stewardship,
which
legally
vacates
their
seats..
Burke
::
Burke (v. t.) To
dispose
of
quietly
or
indirectly;
to
suppress;
to
smother;
to
shelve;
as, to burke a
parliamentary
question..
Parliamentarian
::
Parliamentarian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Parliament.
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