- House of Commons
- Date: 1621 the lower house of the British and Canadian parliaments
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
House of Commons
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House of Commons — House of Commons: the lower house of the British and Canadian parliaments – called also Commons; Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. House of Commons n. Th … Law dictionary
House of Commons — ˌHouse of ˈCommons noun the part of the British or Canadian parliament whose members are elected by the people: • It was the new Chancellor s first speech in the House of Commons … Financial and business terms
House of Commons — n the House of Commons the part of the British or Canadian parliament whose members are elected by the people … Dictionary of contemporary English
House of Commons — und House of Lords (engl., abgekürzt H. C. und H. L.), »Haus der Gemeinen« (Unterhaus) und »Haus der Lords« (Oberhaus), die beiden Häuser des britischen Parlaments; s. Großbritannien, S. 373 … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
House of Commons — House of Com|mons [ əv kɔmənz] das; <aus engl. House of Commons, eigtl. »Haus der Gemeinen«> das engl. Unterhaus … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
House of Commons — n. the lower house of the legislature of Great Britain or Canada … English World dictionary
House of Commons — (spr. haus of komm ns), Haus der Gemeinen, das Unterhaus in England; H. of Lords, Haus der Lords, das Oberhaus … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
House of Commons — ► NOUN ▪ the elected chamber of Parliament in the UK … English terms dictionary
House of Commons — Das House of Commons (HoC) ist das Unterhaus des britischen Parlaments und dessen politisch entscheidende Kammer. Das Parlament besteht neben dem House of Commons noch aus der Krone und dem Oberhaus, dem House of Lords. Dem Unterhaus gehören 650… … Deutsch Wikipedia
House of Commons — The House of Commons is the name of the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In the UK and Canada, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the upper house of parliament (the House of Lords… … Wikipedia
House of Commons — N PROPER: the N The House of Commons is the part of parliament in Britain or Canada whose members are elected. The building where they meet is also called the House of Commons. The House of Commons has overwhelmingly rejected demands to bring… … English dictionary
