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'''House''' is a term commonly used to refer to a number of [[legislature|legislative]] bodies. |
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Revision as of 01:40, 18 April 2016
House is a term commonly used to refer to a number of legislative bodies.
Specific examples include:
- Lower house, one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature
- House of Commons, the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada
- House of Representatives, a name used for legislative bodies in many countries
- Upper house, one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature
- House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- House of Burgesses, the first elected legislative assembly in the New World, established in the Colony of Virginia