Upper House

Upper House in Election Law

One of the two chambers in a bicameral legislature, often seen either as containing ‘the representatives of regions/federal states’ or as ‘a chamber of review’. This is the less powerful chamber when the powers of the two chambers are unequal.

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• Election Law
• Electoral Laws
• Electoral Legislation

Hierarchical Display of Upper House

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Upper House

Concept of Upper House

See the dictionary definition of Upper House.

Characteristics of Upper House

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Translation of Upper House

• Spanish: Cámara Alta
• French: Deuxième chambre
• German: Zweite Kammer
• Italian: Seconda camera
• Portuguese: Segunda câmara
• Polish: Izba wyższa

Thesaurus of Upper House

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• House of Lords
• Second chamber
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