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Definition of House of commons
1. Noun. The lower house of the British parliament.
Generic synonyms: House
Group relationships: British Parliament
Member holonyms: Member Of Parliament, Parliamentarian
Definition of House of commons
1. Proper noun. (context Politics British Canada) The lower house of the UK and Canadian Houses of Parliament ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of House Of Commons
Literary usage of House of commons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"1 he House of Commons meets on Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 2.30
... The right of a member of the House of Commons to sit in Parliament can be ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"In another part of the opinion the subject is thus disposed of: " It is said,
however, that this power belongs to the House of Commons of England; and this, ..."
3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"First, with regard to taxes: it is the ancient indisputable privilege and right
of the house of commons, that all grants of subsidies or parliamentary aids ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"That House of Commons was far from Inane« of resting on a wide basis of ....
The supremacy of the House of Commons Beginning would have been an evil of no ..."
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