General Court
Encyclopedia
The General Court is the shorthand name for the:
This term also formally applied to the:
The term "General Court(s)" is also the correct English
translation for Cortes Generales
, the national parliament
of Spain
; the name is usually left untranslated in English-language texts.
- General Court (European Union)
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This term also formally applied to the:
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, formerly the Connecticut General Court
The term "General Court(s)" is also the correct English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
translation for Cortes Generales
Cortes Generales
The Cortes Generales is the legislature of Spain. It is a bicameral parliament, composed of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate . The Cortes has power to enact any law and to amend the constitution...
, the national parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
of Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
; the name is usually left untranslated in English-language texts.