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Congress

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

In international law. An assembly of envoys, commissioners, deputies, etc., froin different sovereignties who meet to concert measures for their common good, or to adjust their mutual concerns.

In American law

The name of thelegislative assembly of the United States, composed of the senate and house of represcntatives, (g. 0.)