parliamentary law

American  

noun

1. the body of rules, usages, and precedents that governs proceedings of legislative and deliberative assemblies.

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Etymology

Origin of parliamentary law

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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parliamentary law

This year in Britain, the House of Commons lifted the requirement that clerks, who are experts in parliamentary law, wear wigs.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2017

Hedge fund manager Fink said he canceled the booking once he learned it might break parliamentary law and stressed he would not have profited financially from the arrangement, the newspaper reported.

From Reuters ● Jun. 19, 2012

They organized little amateur theatricals and uplift courses that ranged from parliamentary law to mandolin playing.

From Time Magazine Archive

There he expounded parliamentary law, told them how to introduce bills, warned them to address only the Speaker, initiated them into the fiction of the Congressional Record's "Extension of Remarks."

From Time Magazine Archive

In that case the future of the telephone would have been settled by parliamentary law.

From The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott