Law Dictionary
Letter P
Parliament
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
parliament
[Anglo-French parlement conference, council, parliament, from parler to speak]
1 a : an assemblage of the nobility, clergy, and commons called together by the British sovereign as the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom
b : a similar assemblage in another nation or state
2 : the supreme legislative body of a usually major political unit that is a continuing institution comprising a series of individual assemblages
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