parliamentary
Relating to legislature
Parliamentary describes anything relating to a parliament—a legislative body, especially one modeled on the British system.
Parliamentary procedure governs formal meetings and debates.
A parliamentary democracy is one where executive power derives from the legislature rather than separate elections.
The motion was ruled out of order on parliamentary grounds.
Amount owed, written
- statuteEnacted written rule
- enactmentPassing into law
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- amendmentChange to official text
act · resolution · bicameral · unicameral · statutory · ratification · reading · clause
Residential building
- senateLegislative governing body
- commonsShared community resources
- lordsMen of high rank
- dietCustomary food consumption
bench · gallery · floor · hansard · bar · woolsack · strangers
Enclosed storage furniture
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- backbenchersOrdinary members of parliament
- frontbenchersSenior governing politicians
- ministryClergy's work or state department
chancellor · whip · speaker · crossbenchers · dissolution · prorogation · opposition · recess
Change in position
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
- adjournmentTemporary suspension of proceedings
- divisionSplitting into parts
- abstentionFormal refusal to vote
yield · second · tabling · amendment · reading · guillotine · closure · privilege
Art of persuasive language
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- dispatchSend with speed
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
discourse · eloquence · cross-examination · persuasion · argumentation · address · intervention · yield
bill
Amount owed, written
- statuteEnacted written rule
- enactmentPassing into law
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
amendment · act · resolution · bicameral · unicameral · statutory · ratification · reading · clause · motion
house
Residential building
diet · bench · gallery · floor · hansard · bar · woolsack · strangers
cabinet
Enclosed storage furniture
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- backbenchersOrdinary members of parliament
- frontbenchersSenior governing politicians
ministry · chancellor · whip · speaker · crossbenchers · dissolution · prorogation · opposition · recess · portfolio
motion
Change in position
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
- adjournmentTemporary suspension of proceedings
- divisionSplitting into parts
abstention · yield · second · tabling · amendment · reading · guillotine · closure · privilege · expulsion
rhetoric
Art of persuasive language
deliberation · discourse · eloquence · cross-examination · persuasion · argumentation · address · intervention · yield · heckling
constituency
Electoral district's voters
- seatPlace for sitting
- by-electionOff-cycle vacancy vote
- swingSuspended recreational seat
majority · minority · mandate · manifesto · turnout · suffrage · franchise · incumbent · ballot · polling
- meeting termsmeeting, agenda, minutes, RSVP, attendee
- Debate formatsLincoln-Douglas, policy debate, cross-examination, open forum, public forum
- government termslegislative, federal agencies, congressional, state agencies, federal
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- politicalconservative, liberal, moderate, centrist, leftist
parliamentarypresidential
Of the highest office
non-parliamentary · nonparliamentary · executive · semi-presidential · gubernatorial
parliamentaryauthoritarian
Favoring absolute control
dictatorial · undemocratic · autocratic · totalitarian · despotic
parliamentaryunparliamentary
Violating legislative conduct rules
disorderly · out of order · improper · uncivil · indecorous
- parliamentary systemsGovernance requiring legislative confidence
- parliamentary seatsElected legislative positions
- parliamentary democracySystem where elected assembly rules
- parliamentary electionsVoting to fill legislature
- parliamentary voteLegislators' recorded decision
- parliamentary governmentExecutive drawn from legislature