house of assembly

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noun
  1. the legislature or the lower house of the legislature in certain countries of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Origin of house of assembly

1
First recorded in 1645–55

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British Dictionary definitions for House of Assembly

House of Assembly

noun
  1. a legislative assembly or the lower chamber of such an assembly, esp in various British colonies and countries of the Commonwealth

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