second or third reading

  • 1third reading — noun 1. : the stage in the British legislative process following the report stage and usually providing for debate on the reported text of a bill before a vote on its final disposition 2. : the stage in the United States legislative process which …

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  • 2Conciliation committee (Third reading): co-decision procedure (now ordinary legislative procedure) — European Union Under the co decision procedure (now named …

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  • 3Reading (legislature) — Reading is a mechanism by which a bill is introduced to, and approved by, a legislature. Readings For more details on the United Kingdom system see Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom#Stages of a bill First reading A first reading is when a… …

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  • 4READING — READING, family of British statesmen and lawyers. RUFUS DANIEL ISAACS (1860–1935), first marquess of Reading, British statesman, advocate and lord chief justice. Born in London into a family of fruit merchants, and a relative of the famous boxer… …

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  • 5Reading, Berkshire — Reading   Town Borough   …

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  • 6Third World — For other uses, see Third World (disambiguation). See also: Three Worlds Theory The three worlds as they were separated during the Cold War era, each with its respective allies as of the period between 30 April 1975 (the fall of Saigon) and 23… …

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  • 7Third-person narrative — The third person narrative is a narrative mode applying the third person. The participants in the narrative are understood to be distinct from the person telling the story and the person to whom, or by whom, it is read.Third person narrative is… …

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  • 8Second grade — In the United States, Second grade (called Grade 2 in some regions) is a year of primary education. The second grade is the second school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 7 8 years old.In mathematics, students are taught place value… …

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  • 9reading — n. 1 a the act or an instance of reading or perusing (the reading of the will). b matter to be read (have plenty of reading with me). c the specified quality of this (it made exciting reading). 2 (in comb.) used for reading (reading lamp; reading …

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  • 10Reading — n. 1 a the act or an instance of reading or perusing (the reading of the will). b matter to be read (have plenty of reading with me). c the specified quality of this (it made exciting reading). 2 (in comb.) used for reading (reading lamp; reading …

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