parliamentary law
11Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure — Demeter s Manual Demeter s Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure, by George Demeter, is a parliamentary authority manual. It is included in the bank of study materials used in preparing for the Certified Parliamentarian (CP) designation… …
12Fundamentals of Parliamentary Law and Procedure — is a study book on basic parliamentary procedure. It was created by the American Institute of Parliamentarians and published by Kendall Hunt and is one of the sources of questions for their Certified Parliamentarian examinations. [… …
13Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration — in the constitutional law of the UK, an officer who is charged with investigating complaints where officials are charged with having obeyed the law but have not acted in a proper administrative way, examples being bias, delay, perversity and… …
14parliamentary government — n: a system of government having the real executive power vested in a cabinet composed of members of the legislature who are individually and collectively responsible to the legislature Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
15Parliamentary procedure — is the body of rules, ethics, and customs governing meetings and other operations of clubs, organizations, legislative bodies, and other deliberative assemblies. It is part of the common law originating primarily in the practices of the House of… …
16Parliamentary authority — NOTOC A Parliamentary authority is a manual on parliamentary law, containing rules of order for the transaction of business in deliberative assemblies. [cite book |title=Dictionary of Parliamentary Procedure |first=William R. |last=Gondin… …
17parliamentary procedure — or rules of order Generally accepted rules, precedents, and practices used in the governance of deliberative assemblies. They are intended to maintain decorum, ascertain the will of the majority, preserve the rights of the minority, and… …
18Parliamentary inquiry — A parliamentary inquiry is a question directed to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly to obtain information on a matter of parliamentary law or the rules of the organization bearing on the business at hand. The primary purpose is to… …
19parliamentary — Relating or belonging to, connected with, enacted by or proceeding from, or characteristic of, the English parliament in particular, or any legislative body in general @ parliamentary agents In England, persons who act as solicitors in promoting… …
20law — That which is laid down, ordained, or established. A rule or method according to which phenomena or actions co exist or follow each other. Law, in its generic sense, is a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority, and …
