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Parliamentary Glossary
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- absolute majority
- abstain
- act
- acts of parliament (primary legislation)
- adjourn
- adjournment debate
- adjournment motion
- admonition
- allowances
- amendments
- appropriation
- appropriation account
- appropriation bill
- assent
- ayes
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C
- censure motion
- chief whip
- clerk of the Parliament
- committal
- committee
- committee of the whole house
- committee on standards and privileges
- committee stage
- constituency
- contempt
- cross the floor
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D
- debate
- delegated or secondary legislation
- deposited papers or laid papers
- dissolve the parliament
- division
- division bell
- draft bills (pre-legislative scrutiny)
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L
- laid or laying (before Parliament)
- leader of the house
- leader of the opposition
- leave
- legislation
- legislative power
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O
- oath of allegiance
- oath of allegiance (or affirmation)
- office-holder (of the parliament)
- opposition
- order of the day
- order paper
- order, order
- out of order
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P
- parliamentary privilege
- parliamentary procedure (and standing orders)
- petition
- point of order
- political party
- private bills
- private business
- private members' bills
- private notice questions
- proportional representation
- prorogation
- public bills
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