parliamentary debate

  • 1Parliamentary debate — is an academic debate event. Most university level institutions in English speaking nations sponsor parliamentary debate teams, but the format is currently spreading to the high school level as well. Despite the name, the Parliamentary style is… …

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  • 2American Parliamentary Debate Association — The American Parliamentary Debate Association (APDA) is the oldest intercollegiate parliamentary debating association in the United States, and one of two in the nation overall, the other being the National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA) …

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  • 3National Parliamentary Debate Association — NPDA redirects here, it may also refer to nondeterministic pushdown automata. University Debating Competitions Asian Championship · Australasian Championship · Canadian Championship · European Championship · Irish Times… …

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  • 4Debate — Discussion redirects here. For a related article, see Discourse. For discussion in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Talk page. University Debating Competitions Asian Championship · Australasian Championship · Canadian Championship ·… …

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  • 5debate — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 discussion ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable ▪ growing ▪ the growing debate on school reform ▪ fierce, heated, intense …

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  • 6debate — I n. 1) to conduct, hold; moderate a debate 2) an acrimonious, bitter; heated, lively, sharp, spirited debate 3) a campaign; parliamentary debate 4) a debate about; with II v. 1) to debate heatedly, hotly 2) (D; intr.) to debate about (to debate… …

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  • 7Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology — POST is the in house source of independent analysis of public policy issues related to science and technology for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Its aim is to inform parliamentary debate on these issues by a variety of means:*Publishing… …

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  • 8parliamentary — par|lia|men|ta|ry [ ,parlə ment(ə)ri ] adjective relating to a parliament or appropriate for a parliament: a parliamentary debate parliamentary language …

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  • 9parliamentary */*/ — UK [ˌpɑː(r)ləˈment(ə)rɪ] / US [ˌpɑrləˈment(ə)rɪ] adjective relating to a parliament or suitable for a parliament a parliamentary debate parliamentary language …

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  • 10Parliamentary privilege — (also absolute privilege) is a legal immunity enjoyed by members of certain legislatures, in which legislators are granted protection against civil or criminal liability for actions done or statements made related to one s duties as a legislator …

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