Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or consisting of a single legislative chamber.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of a single chamber: said of a legislative body.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; -- said of a legislative assembly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or having a single
legislative chamber . - adjective linguistics That it makes no distinction between
upper andlower case , but rather has only one case.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective composed of one legislative body
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But the most simple is something known as the unicameral bone cyst.
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Suriname unicameral National Assembly or Nationale Assemblee (51 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 25 May 2005 (next to be held in 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - NF 39. 73\%, NDP 22. 2\%,
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Suriname unicameral National Assembly or Nationale Assemblee (51 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 25 May 2005 (next to be held May 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - NF 41. 2\%, NDP 23. 1\%,
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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A little more in-depth study would help me determine if the unicameral is the way to go.
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Under another interesting provision, Venezuela scrapped its bicameral legislature in favor of a unicameral structure which in theory will be more in tune with the country's needs.
Nikolas Kozloff: Occupy Wall Street: If South Americans Can Reform Their Constitutions, Then Why Not Us? Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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The Venezuelan strongman had promised that his candidates would win two-thirds of the unicameral congress, guaranteeing it would continue to be a rubber stamp.
A Defeat for Ch 2010
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Under another interesting provision, Venezuela scrapped its bicameral legislature in favor of a unicameral structure which in theory will be more in tune with the country's needs.
Nikolas Kozloff: Occupy Wall Street: If South Americans Can Reform Their Constitutions, Then Why Not Us? Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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Turkey on the other hand is visibly a secular republic whose constitution derives its "sovereignty" from "the people"; that sovereignty resides with the "Turkish Nation," while legislative powers are vested in the Turkish Grand National Assembly, a unicameral parliament.
Daniel Wagner: Libya's Constitutional Moment Daniel Wagner 2011
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Under another interesting provision, Venezuela scrapped its bicameral legislature in favor of a unicameral structure which in theory will be more in tune with the country's needs.
Nikolas Kozloff: Occupy Wall Street: If South Americans Can Reform Their Constitutions, Then Why Not Us? Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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Under another interesting provision, Venezuela scrapped its bicameral legislature in favor of a unicameral structure which in theory will be more in tune with the country's needs.
Nikolas Kozloff: Occupy Wall Street: If South Americans Can Reform Their Constitutions, Then Why Not Us? Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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