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(law) Abbreviation of alderman. [A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.]
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A legislative body consisting of two chambers or houses.
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A small executive body in municipal government, usually dealing with financial and administrative matters.
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(US) Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
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(European Union) The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.
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The act of forming an alliance.
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The two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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A female member of congress
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The administrative body of a county
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Abbreviation of embassy. [The function or duty of an ambassador.]
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(informal) Executive committee or council.
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The branch of government that oversees the carrying out of the laws
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a central legislative group or assembly in certain governments.
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(Canada) The national government of Canada, in contrast to government at the provincial or territorial level.
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(obsolete) A hypothetical fourth class of civic subjects, or fourth body (in Britain, after the Crown, and the two Houses of Parliament) which governed legislation.
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Formal meeting of all members of an organization.
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Alternative form of guberniya [(historical) A major administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire; a governorate or province.]
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(chiefly Britain, Commonwealth) The official report of debates and other proceedings in the British and some Commonwealth parliaments.
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(politics) Especially in current or former countries of the Commonwealth of Nations and in former British colonies, the official meeting place of elected legislators (usually the lower house of a bicameral legislature) where laws are debated and enacted.
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The lower house in the bicameral legislatures of some legislative bodies in unicameral.
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The lower house in the bicameral legislatures of several countries; also some singular legislative bodies in unicameral systems.
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The leader of a legislative body.
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(politics) Collectively, all the chambers of parliament in the political system of a particular jurisdiction.
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The attack against the United States Congress at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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(politics) In a bicameral legislative body, a decision-making entity composed of members of both houses.
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Its equivalent, exercising legislative power at a sub-state administrative level.
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(Canada) The meeting place of a provincial legislature.
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(Canada) The legislative assembly of a province or territory, as opposed to the federal parliament.
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That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
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(government) The lower legislative chamber in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power to raise and spend money.
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(government) The lower legislative house in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power to raise and spend money.
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The governing body of such a district.
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(politics, government) National legislature.
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(by extension) The relationship between Congress and the President.
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A localized citizen gathering to address issues of importance to the community.
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The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.
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A part of parliament in which members of the press can overlook the events
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Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)
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The title for someone who is elected to be a senator.
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(US) Entitled to elect a senator, or by senators.
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(government, rare) The single legislative chamber of a unicameral legislature.
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(government, rare) The single legislative house of a unicameral legislature.
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(Britain, rare) A legislative body, with royal charter, governing the tin miners of Devon and Cornwall during the middle ages.
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A state legislature (of one of the fifty United States), or government generally, or the building that houses it.
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The building where a legislature meets to deal with matters of state.
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(US, politics) Either the Senate or the House of Representatives, from the point of view of the other.
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(parliamentary) the other house of a bicameral legislature (used by members of one house when speaking in their own house); in the UK, the House of Lords seen from the House of Commons or vice versa; in Canada, the Senate seen from the House of Commons or vice versa.
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(government) Of, or having, a single legislative chamber.
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(government) The upper legislative chamber in a bicameral legislature; usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower chamber.
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(government) The upper legislative house in a bicameral legislature; usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower house.
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