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chamber of deputies

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Or Chamber of Deputies

noun

  1. the lower house of the legislature of certain countries, as Italy.


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“In the lower chamber of deputies we speak Italian,” Fabio Rampelli, who introduced the legislation, wrote in a November tweet pinned to the top of his profile.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

But the justice commission of the chamber of deputies rejected that on Wednesday, proposing instead that the penal code allow abortion only where the mother’s life is threatened.

From Reuters ● Mar. 19, 2021

President Mauricio Macri has asked members of the chamber of deputies to vote according to their conscience.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2018

At the end of October, the lower house of Mexico’s congress, the chamber of deputies, passed an amendment that would have halved the tax for beverages with less sugar.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 3, 2015

A bill to this effect was submitted to the chamber of deputies on the 12th of April 1905.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

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