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Protectorate
period during which Oliver Cromwell ruled in this country under the title of the 'Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland and of the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging'; (2) also the office of
Proportional representation
accurately reflecting the political feeling of the country in Parliament, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 602.
Presbyterians
designated a distinct body of Protestant Dissenters. The Presbyterian form of worship was established in England during the Commonwealth, and when the Presbyterian ministers who filled the churches were ejected by the Act of Uniformity in 1662
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Government
administration and Parliament exercises general control of Governmental Acts, The Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philips Laundy, p. 537. Government, in relation to any Government security, means the Central or State
Consolidation of Bills
number of Acts of Parliament relating to the same subject, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philips Laundry, p. 117
Folc-mote or folk-mote
people, and mote, meeting], a general assembly of the people to consider of an order matters concerning the commonwealth; also any kind of popular or public meeting, Somner; Spelm.; Brady's Glos. 48; Termes de la ley.
Bill
and non-controversial Legislation is initiated in the Upper House. The office of the Speaker in the Parliament of Commonwealth, Philip Laundy, p. 45. Means a draft of Legislative proposal put in the proper form which when passed
acquit
acquit ac·quit·ted ac·quit·ting [Old French acquiter to pay off, absolve, acquit, from a-, prefix marking causation + quite free (of an obligation)] vt : to discharge completely: as a : to release from liability for a...
allocatur
to appeal [granted in order to determine whether the lower courts were in error "City of Pittsburgh v. Commonwealth, 653 A.2d 1210 (1995)"] used primarily in Pennsylvania
barrister
one who is allowed to argue before a British high court compare solicitor NOTE: Many countries in the Commonwealth (as England and Australia) and the Republic of Ireland divide the legal profession into barristers and solicitors. In
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