parliamentary law
noun
: the rules and precedents governing the proceedings of deliberative assemblies and other organizations
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Japanese parliamentary law stipulates that members of parliament must come to the House on the day it is convened.
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Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
This year in Britain, the House of Commons lifted the requirement that clerks, who are experts in parliamentary law, wear wigs.
—Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2017
Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
This year in Britain, the House of Commons lifted the requirement that clerks, who are experts in parliamentary law, wear wigs.
—Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2017
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