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House of Keys

American  

noun

  1. the lower house of the legislature of the Isle of Man.


House of Keys British  

noun

  1. the lower chamber of the legislature of the Isle of Man

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Manx and UK pressure groups campaigning both for and against assisted dying held demonstrations outside the House of Keys ahead of the debate.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023

Mr Allinson said he would raise the subject in the House of Keys on Tuesday and hoped there would be a change in the law.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2017

At the end of the last parliamentary mandate this year, there was just one woman, serving in the lower chamber of the Tynwald, the House of Keys.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2016

Had it not been for tip-offs I would never have heard of the Isle of Wight garlic festival or the Isle of Man's Old House of Keys.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2011

The mighty tumults of the House of Keys; The Isle of Man has a constitution of its own, independent of the Imperial Parliament.

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William

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