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House (legislature)

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House is a term commonly used to refer to a number of legislative bodies.

Specific examples include:

  • Lower house, one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature
  • House of Commons, the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada
  • House of Representatives, a name used for legislative bodies in many countries
  • United States House of Representatives
  • Upper house, one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature
  • House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • House of Burgesses, the first elected legislative assembly in the New World, established in the Colony of Virginia

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