House of Representatives

house of representatives
house of representatives: the lower house of a legislative body; esp cap H&R: the lower house of the U.S. Congress or a state legislature

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

house of representatives
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Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


House of Representatives
n.
The larger of the two legislative bodies that make up Congress, consisting of elected representatives from each state whose number is set by population; often called the House.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


House of Representatives
The lower chamber, or larger branch, of the U.S. Congress, or a similar body in the legislature of many of the states.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


house of representatives
The lower chamber, or larger branch, of the U.S. Congress, or a similar body in the legislature of many of the states.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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