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lower house

[ loh-er ]

noun

  1. one of two branches of a legislature, generally more representative and with more members than the upper branch.


lower house

noun

  1. one of the two houses of a bicameral legislature: usually the larger and more representative house Also calledlower chamber Compare upper house
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lower house1

First recorded in 1570鈥80
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By 09:30 local time, the last of the MPs filed into the lower house.

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The bill will not be passed yet, since the Isle of Man's lower house has rejected an amendment that would have meant people would only need residency on the island for one year to take advantage of the legislation.

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Friedrich Merz, the man behind these plans and who is expected to soon be confirmed as Germany's new chancellor, told the lower house during Tuesday's debate that the country had "felt a false sense of security" for the past decade.

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Late last year, the lower house of Congress, which is controlled by Marcos loyalists, filed a petition to impeach Ms Duterte.

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When he tried to win election to India's lower house in 1999, he was defeated.

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