Lower House
one of two branches in a bicameral legislature (usually the one that is more representative and has more members)
Lower house
For the demesne in The Keys to the Kingdom series, see The House A lower house is one of two chambers of a
bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the
upper house.Despite its theoretical position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power. The supremacy of the lower house usually arises from special restrictions placed (either explicitly by legislation or implicitly by convention) on the powers of the upper house, which often can only delay rather than veto legislation or has less control over
money bills. Under
parliamentary systems it is usually the lower house alone that designates the
head of government or
prime minister, and may remove them through a
vote of no confidence. There are exceptions to this however, such as the
Prime Minister of Japan, who is formally selected with the approval of both houses of the
Diet. A legislature composed of only one house is described as
unicameral.
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lower house
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lower house
Synonyms and related words:
Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Chamber of Deputies, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, House of Commons, House of Representatives, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Liberia, Malagasy Republic, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Rhodesia, South Africa, Swaziland, Switzerland, Turkey, US, United Kingdom, Venezuela, West Germany, assembly, bicameral legislature, board of aldermen, chamber of deputies, city board, city council, commission, common council, congress, court, diet, federal assembly, general assembly, house of assembly, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislative chamber, legislature, lower chamber, national assembly, parliament, provincial legislature, provincial parliament, representative town meeting, soviet, state assembly, state legislature, town meeting, unicameral legislature, upper chamber, upper house
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