Convention Parliaments
Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Parliaments which met in 16G0 (and restored Charles II) and in 1688-9 (and brought Wil-, liam and Mary to the throne). So called because they were not summoned by the king's writ. The acts of the former were necessary as to those of the latter. Tasw.- Langmead, Engl. Const. Hist 575.