a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge.
In a bicameral legislative body, a decision-making entity composed of members of both houses.
a parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose.
powers written in the constitution.
A permanent committee that meets regularly.
a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law.
Delaying tactics, especially long, often irrelevant speeches given in order to delay progress or the making of a decision, especially on the floor of the US Senate.
one among the several ways of voting that exist in the U.S. parliament. In roll call vote, the vote of each member is recorded.
The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or a an elected office.
To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law.
Delaying tactics, especially long, often irrelevant speeches given in order to delay progress or the making of a decision, especially on the floor of the US Senate.