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Parliament: Legislative body convened for its (often elected) members to propose, debate, pass, amend or repeal the laws of a political region such as a state; used with particular reference to the legislative system found in many British Commonwealth countries (i.e., the Westminster system) [e]
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Parent topics
- Politics [r]: Activity that relates to the way in which society is governed, and the process by which human beings living in communities make decisions and establish obligatory values for its members. [e]
Subtopics
- Speaker of the House [r]: The presiding officer in the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.K House of Commons, or any of many other legislative bodies. [e]
- Whip (political) [r]: An official of a political party or caucus charged with ensuring its members vote in the agreed-upon manner [e]
- Riding (parliamentary) [r]: The home constituency of a Member of Parliament in Canada. [e]
Parliaments
- Parliament of the United Kingdom [r]: The supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom its territories. [e]
- House of Lords [r]: The second chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [e]
- Scottish Parliament [r]: Legislative body of Scotland, having authority over many aspects of Scottish political life including Health and Education; re-created by the Act of Devolution 1997. [e]
- Parliament of Canada [r]: The supreme legislative body in Canada with respect to areas of federal responsibility; each of the ten provinces has a corresponding legislature. [e]
- Knesset [r]: The unicameral parliament of the State of Israel, with 120 members elected by popular vote [e]
- Diet (Japan) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bicameral legislature [r]: A legislature divided into two deliberative bodies. [e]
- Unicameral legislature [r]: Add brief definition or description