- the legislature of Great Britain, historically the assembly of the three estates, now composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, forming together the House of Lords, and representatives of the counties, cities, boroughs, and universities, forming the House of Commons.
- the legislature of certain British colonies and possessions.
- a legislative body in any of various other countries.
- any of several high courts of justice in France before 1789.
- a meeting or assembly for conference on public or national affairs.
- fan-tan (def. 1).
- an assembly of the representatives of a political nation or people, often the supreme legislative authority
- any legislative or deliberative assembly, conference, etc
- (in France before the Revolution) any of several high courts of justice in which royal decrees were registered
- the highest legislative authority in Britain, consisting of the House of Commons, which exercises effective power, the House of Lords, and the sovereign
- a similar legislature in another country
- the two chambers of a Parliament
- the lower chamber of a Parliament
- any of the assemblies of such a body created by a general election and royal summons and dissolved before the next election
