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Senate

An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions.

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Legislature 76% connected

The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.

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Congress 70% connected

A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.

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Act verb · 78% connection

pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

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Act as verb · 78% connection

pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

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Argument noun · 78% connection

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

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Argumentation noun · 78% connection

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

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Bill noun · 78% connection

a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill"

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Chamber noun · 78% connection

an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy"

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Commission noun · 78% connection

a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle

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Committee noun · 78% connection

a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle

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Debate noun · 78% connection

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

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Fantan noun · 78% connection

a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to…

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General assembly noun · 78% connection

persons who make or amend or repeal laws

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Law noun · 78% connection

the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied…

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Law-makers noun · 78% connection

persons who make or amend or repeal laws

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Legislative adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to or created by legislation; "legislative proposal"

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Legislative assembly noun · 78% connection

persons who make or amend or repeal laws

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Legislative body noun · 78% connection

persons who make or amend or repeal laws

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Measure noun · 78% connection

a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill"

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Military police noun · 78% connection

a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners

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Administration noun · 78% connection

The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of pub…

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Board noun · 78% connection

A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or…

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Bundesrath noun · 78% connection

The federal council of the German Empire. In the Bundesrath and the Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The federal counci…

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Cabinet noun · 78% connection

The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

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Calendar noun · 78% connection

An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a calendar of bills presente…

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Center noun · 78% connection

Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative…

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City noun · 78% connection

A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or…

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Consistory noun · 78% connection

Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.

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Constituent noun · 78% connection

One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; -- correlative to representative.

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Cortes n. pl. · 78% connection

The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some…

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Council noun · 78% connection

A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council.

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Councilman noun · 78% connection

A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.

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Deliberation noun · 78% connection

Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council.

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Diet noun · 78% connection

A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council;…

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Divan noun · 78% connection

In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or…

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Ecclesia noun · 78% connection

The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.

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Father noun · 78% connection

A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member o…

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Gavel noun · 78% connection

The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc.

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