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Parliament

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The House of Lords and the House of Commons, the British legislature.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

CONVENTION. See Convention Parliament.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The supreme legislative assembly of Great Britain and Ireland, consisting of the king or queen and the three estates of the realm, viz., the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons. 1 Bl. Comin. 153.

High court of parliament. In English law. The English parliament, as composed of the house of peers and house of commons; or the house of lords sitting in its judicial capacity.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

The supreme legislative assembly of Great Britain and Ireland, consisting of the king or queen, and the three estates of the realm, viz. the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons.