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What (who) is lower house - definition

Lower house

CHAMBER OF A BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE

Lower House; Second chamber; Lower chamber

A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Bicameralism (1997) by George Tsebelis.

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lower house

CHAMBER OF A BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE

Lower House; Second chamber; Lower chamber

¦ noun the larger, typically elected, body of a bicameral parliament.

?(the Lower House) (in the UK) the House of Commons.

second chamber

CHAMBER OF A BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE

Lower House; Second chamber; Lower chamber

The second chamber is one of the two groups that a parliament is divided into. In Britain, the second chamber is the House of Lords. In the United States, the second chamber can be either the Senate or the House of Representatives.

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Examples of use of lower house

1. The plenary session of the lower house was to be delayed, media reports said, but an official of the lower house said she could not confirm that.

2. Fifty–one LDP lower house members had either voted against the bills, abstained or absented themselves when the legislation narrowly passed the lower house last month.

3. In the last lower house election in 2003, the DPJ narrowly won the PR ballot, which counts for 180 seats in the powerful 480–seat lower house.

4. The reform passed the more powerful lower house last month.

5. The lower house apparently voted along partisan lines, 338–138.