5 English Words Ending in CAMERALISM

Definition: 1. (government) The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers and limitations designed to provide checks and balances against one another.

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Definition: 1. A system in which a legislature is divided into three or more deliberative assemblies, which are commonly called "chambers" or "houses".

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Definition: 1. The practice of having four legislative bodies or parliamentary chambers, such as the Medieval Scandinavian deliberative assemblies divided into separate estates for the nobility, clergy, burghers, and peasants.

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Definition: 1. (government) The practice of having three legislative or parliamentary chambers.

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Definition: 1. (government) The principle and practice of having a legislative body consisting of a single chamber.

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