parliamentary system

1. A system of government in which the power to make and execute laws is held by a parliament. Britain has a parliamentary system of government, one of the oldest in the world. The United States does not; its legislature, the Congress, passes the laws, and a separate part of government, the executive branch, carries them out.

Example Sentences

He disappointed Francoists by supporting a parliamentary system within a constitutional monarchy.

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She was the youngest MP since 1832 - a time when the parliamentary system had been tightened up and professionalised.

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With his constitutional revamp to a supposedly "parliamentary" system, Gnassingbé aims to retain full control, yet step his own personality back from the political firing line.

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Or was there no national appetite for radical change and India's parliamentary system proved sticky?

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Due to a quirk of the parliamentary system, private members' bills are normally debated on Fridays - a day when MPs are normally in their constituencies.

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