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PARLIAMENT(law)
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PARLIAMENT (law)


PARLIAMENT. This word, derived from the French parlement, in the English law, is used to designate the legislative branch of the government of Great law, is used to designate the legislative branch of the government of Great Britain, composed of the house of lords, and the house of commons. Britain, composed of the house of lords, and the house of commons.

2. It is an error to regard the king of Great Britain as forming a part of parliament. The connexion between the king and the lords spiritual, the of parliament. The connexion between the king and the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons, which, when assembled in parliament, form lords temporal, and the commons, which, when assembled in parliament, form the, three states of the realm, is the same as that which subsists between the, three states of the realm, is the same as that which subsists between the king and those states -- the people at large -- out of parliament; the king and those states -- the people at large -- out of parliament; Colton' s Records, 710; the king not being, in either case, a member, branch, or co-estate, but standing solely in the relation of sovereign or head.

‘Parliament’ refers to both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The main functions of Parliament are to make, repeal or to change laws. Parliament also acts as a watch-dog on the government.