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Definition of House of representatives
1. Noun. The lower legislative house of the United States Congress.
Group relationships: Congress, U.s. Congress, United States Congress, Us Congress
Generic synonyms: House
Definition of House of representatives
1. Proper noun. The name of the lower house in the bicameral legislatures of several countries, also used of some singular legislative bodies in unicameral systems. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of House Of Representatives
Literary usage of House of representatives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"A bill for that object was reported in the House of Representatives, on February 26
... A memorial for admission was presented in House of Representatives, ..."
2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1900)
"The House of Representatives is named by the people, the Senate by the legislators
... The functions of the House of Representatives are purely legislative, ..."
3. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"To the Senate and House of Representatives of I lie United States: I lay before
Congress a report of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, containing a ..."
4. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"The house of representatives shall be the grand inquest of this commonwealth;
... All money bills shall originate in the house of representatives ; but the ..."
5. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1837)
"To the House of Representatives of the United States : . .. ' '* 1 »."••••.* In
compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the United ..."
6. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled, that of the two hundred copies of the documents ..."
7. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1851)
"When bills are enrolled, they shall be examined by a joint committee of two from
the Senate and two from the House of Representatives, appointed as a ..."
8. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1862)
"The House of Representatives is named by the people, the Senate by the legislators
... The functions of the House of Representatives are purely legislative, ..."
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