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Upper house

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted power than the lower house. A legislature composed of only one house (and which therefore has neither an upper house nor a lower house) is described as…

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Abolition

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Upper house

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related to Abolition · 26
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related to Common terms · 25
Upper house → Australian, Austria, Austrian House, Council, Federal Council, First Chamber, German-speaking, Germany, Herrenhaus, House, India, Indian, Ireland, Isle, Lords, Man, Netherlands, Prussian House, Rajya Sabha, Senate
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related to history · 21
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related to Institutional structure · 13
Upper house → British House, Canada, For, Governor General, In, Japanese House, Lords, Many, Peers, Prime Minister, Senate, There, This
related to Parliamentary systems · 10
Upper house → Australian Senate, By, Cabinet, In, Lack, Netherlands, No, Senate, Some, US
related to Justification and powers · 3
Upper house → Justifications, Mitigation, Reduction
related to Presidential systems · 3
Upper house → Executive, In, United States

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Queenslandinstance ofsubnational entities0.80text
and some other jurisdictionsinstance ofsubnational entities0.80text
Upper houserelated to AbolitionMany0.60section
Upper houserelated to AbolitionCroatia0.60section
Upper houserelated to AbolitionDenmark0.60section
Upper houserelated to AbolitionEstonia0.60section
Upper houserelated to AbolitionHungary0.60section
Upper houserelated to AbolitionIceland0.60section
Upper houserelated to AbolitionIran0.60section
Upper houserelated to AbolitionMauritania0.60section
Upper houserelated to AbolitionNew Zealand0.60section
Upper houserelated to AbolitionSweden0.60section

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