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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.) 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..
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Supply
::
Supply
(n.) An
amount
of money
provided,
as by
Parliament
or
Congress,
to meet the
annual
national
expenditures;
generally
in the
plural;
as, to vote
supplies..
Cavalier
::
Cavalier
(n.) One of the court party in the time of king
Charles
I. as
contrasted
with a
Roundhead
or an
adherent
of
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..
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..
Calling
::
Calling
(n.) A
summoning
or
convocation,
as of
Parliament..
Whip
::
Whip (v. t.) A call made upon
members
of a
Parliament
party to be in their
places
at a given time, as when a vote is to be
taken..
Boroughmonger
::
Boroughmonger
(n.) One who buys or sells the
parliamentary
seats of
boroughs.
Parliamentarian
::
Parliamentarian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Parliament.
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..
Option
::
Option
(n.) A right
formerly
belonging
to an
archbishop
to
select
any one
dignity
or
benefice
in the gift of a
suffragan
bishop
consecrated
or
confirmed
by him, for
bestowal
by
himself
when next
vacant;
--
annulled
by
Parliament
in
1845..
Prorogation
::
Prorogation
(n.) The act of
proroguing;
the
ending
of the
session
of
Parliament,
and
postponing
of its
business,
by the
command
of the
sovereign..
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..
Burgess
::
Burgess
(n.) One who
represents
a
borough
in
Parliament.
Reichsrath
::
Reichsrath
(n.) The
parliament
of
Austria
(exclusive
of
Hungary,
which has its own diet, or
parliament).
It
consists
of an Upper and a Lower
House,
or a House of Lords and a House of
Representatives..
Special
::
Special
(a.)
Appropriate;
designed
for a
particular
purpose,
occasion,
or
person;
as, a
special
act of
Parliament
or of
Congress;
a
special
sermon..
Session
::
Session
(n.)
Hence,
also, the time,
period,
or term
during
which a
court,
council,
legislature,
etc., meets daily for
business;
or, the space of time
between
the first
meeting
and the
prorogation
or
adjournment;
thus, a
session
of
Parliaments
is
opened
with a
speech
from the
throne,
and
closed
by
prorogation.
The
session
of a
judicial
court is
called
a
term..
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..
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..
Borough
::
Borough
(n.) In
England,
an
incorporated
town that is not a city; also, a town that sends
members
to
parliament;
in
Scotland,
a body
corporate,
consisting
of the
inhabitants
of a
certain
district,
erected
by the
sovereign,
with a
certain
jurisdiction;
in
America,
an
incorporated
town or
village,
as in
Pennsylvania
and
Connecticut..
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