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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

Others attending the event include Richard Ferrand, the president of the French national assembly, and Roberto Fico, the president of the Italian chamber of deputies.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2021

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

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

After the second restoration he returned to civil life, devoting his energies for a time to his projected history of the Peninsular War, and in 1819 was elected to the chamber of deputies.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

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