parliamentary law

noun

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

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advocate
to give up possession or occupancy of.
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Origin of parliamentary law

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby parliamentary law

parliamentarianism, parliamentary, parliamentary agent, parliamentary commissioner, parliamentary government, parliamentary law, parliamentary private secretary, parliamentary secretary, parliamentary system, parlor, parlor car
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