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

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 the end she studied law, got her de gree from the University of Texas, became parliamentarian of the Texas Legislature and wrote a book on parliamentary law.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Rolette decided he would veto the bill in a way not known to parliamentary law, so he put it in his pocket and disappeared.

From The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier by Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene)