Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The lower house of Parliament in the United Kingdom and Canada.
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- proper noun Politics, UK, Canada The
lower house of theUK andCanadian Houses of Parliament
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- noun the lower house of the British parliament
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Examples
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They're not allowed to take them off either, so by the end of the term the House of Commons would reek.
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They're not allowed to take them off either, so by the end of the term the House of Commons would reek.
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010
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"House of Commons" -- by a simple Act of the Imperial Parliament, the
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SB: Your Senate is appointed, rather than elected, like ours, but it is also traditionally subordinate and follows the wishes of the House of Commons, which is elected on a proportional basis.
Scott Baker: Interview With Canadian Green Party Politicians Erich Jacoby Hawkins and John Fisher Scott Baker 2011
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SB: Your Senate is appointed, rather than elected, like ours, but it is also traditionally subordinate and follows the wishes of the House of Commons, which is elected on a proportional basis.
Scott Baker: Interview With Canadian Green Party Politicians Erich Jacoby Hawkins and John Fisher Scott Baker 2011
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Was this what the old jurist had in mind when he called the House of Commons "The Great Inquest of the
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 Various
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Before the first debate, Paddy Power gave Clegg's Liberal Democrats 200-to-1 odds on winning the most seats in the House of Commons, which is double the odds it is giving on the discovery of alien life before 2013.
In wager-happy Britain, 2010 becoming the year of the political bet 2010
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At the moment, the third largest political party in the House of Commons is the Bloc Quebecois, a party specific to the province of Quebec and with the mandate of having Quebec separate from Canada.
Michael Garrity: Why Americans Should be Following Canadian Politics Right Now 2009
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But the House of Commons is the U. K.'s last bastion of plurality voting due to the fact that its leaders over the past dozen years have been far bolder and more innovative with electoral reform than their American counterparts.
Rob Richie: Britain may adopt instant runoff voting for next general election 2009
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“The Speaker of the House of Commons should be a unifying figure, keeping order and keeping calm, but instead of bringing consensus, Michael Martin brought out the most visceral, tribal instincts in British politics”
Tuesday Morning update from That's News Thatsnews 2009
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