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Parlement
Parlement: the sovereign appellate court of ancien régime France, descended from the curia regis, not an assembly like the English Parliament. Parlement de Paris covered about a third of the kingdom; twelve provincial courts; abolished 1790.
Parler
Parler is an American free-speech-focused social network founded in 2018, popular with conservatives, that reached No. 1 on Apple's App Store in January 2021 before Apple, Google, and Amazon Web Services deplatformed it after the January 6 Capitol attack; it later relaunched under new owners.
Parley
Parley: a discussion between enemies or opponents to settle a dispute, now old-fashioned; specifically a truce conference over surrender terms. From Middle French parlee, to talk; related to Churchill's 'parlay at the summit.'
Parley Baer
Parley Baer, fully Parley Edward Baer, was an American character actor whose six-decade career spanned radio, film, and television. He was the original voice of Chester on radio's Gunsmoke from 1952 to 1961.
Parli Thermal Power Station
Parli Thermal Power Station, also written Parali TPS, is a coal-fired power station at Parli-Vaijnath in Maharashtra, India, the only coal-based project in the Marathwada region, owned by Mahagenco.
Parliament
Parliament: a national legislative assembly that makes laws, consents to taxation, and holds the executive accountable; 189 national parliaments exist, 82 bicameral and 107 unicameral, with about 36 percent of democracies parliamentary.
Parliament (band)
Parliament: George Clinton's funk band (1970-1980), the horn-and-harmony half of Parliament-Funkadelic, known for Mothership Connection, Funkentelechy, the Mothership prop, and 1997 Rock Hall induction.
Parliament (cigarette)
Parliament is a premium cigarette brand made by Philip Morris USA and sold abroad by Philip Morris International as the premium complement to Marlboro, known for its recessed filter.
Parliament Hill
Parliament Hill (Colline du Parlement) is the Ottawa grounds holding Canada's Gothic Revival Parliament Buildings, the seat of the Parliament of Canada since Confederation in 1867.
Parliament House, Belgrade
The Parliament House, Belgrade (Dom Narodne skupštine) is the seat of the National Assembly of Serbia, a monumental building begun in 1907 and completed in 1936 after nearly three decades of interrupted work.
Parliament House, Bern
Parliament House in Bern, German Parlamentsgebäude and colloquially the Bundeshaus, is the building where the Swiss Federal Assembly meets; built 1894–1902 to plans by architect Hans Wilhelm Auer, it completes the Federal Palace complex.
Parliament House, Canberra
Parliament House, also known as Australian Parliament House, is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia in Canberra, opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988.
Parliament House, Kuala Lumpur
Parliament House, Kuala Lumpur (Bangunan Parlimen Malaysia) is the purpose-built seat of the Parliament of Malaysia, on a hill beside Lake Gardens, officially opened in 1963.
Parliament House, Tehran
Parliament House, Tehran, is the parliamentary complex at Baharestan Square in central Tehran, where Iran's national legislature has sat since 1906; a pyramid-shaped chamber was completed in the early 2000s.
Parliament of Australia
Parliament of Australia, the federal or Commonwealth Parliament: the King (via the Governor-General), Senate, and House of Representatives, established by the 1901 Constitution, bicameral with equal state Senate representation and 150 House seats.
Parliament of Canada
Parliament of Canada: federal legislature under the Constitution Act, 1867, made up of the King, a 105-member appointed Senate, and the 343-seat elected House of Commons; money bills originate in the Commons.
Parliament of England
Parliament of England: the medieval and early modern legislature of the Kingdom of England, rooted in the Witan, first named in 1236, centered at Westminster, consenting to taxation, and replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1707.
Parliament of Fiji
Parliament of Fiji: unicameral national legislature of the Republic of Fiji with 55 elected members plus a non-elected Speaker, elected by open-list proportional representation in one national constituency with a 5% threshold; successor to Fiji's bicameral 1970 Parliament.
Parliament of Finland
The Parliament of Finland (Eduskunta, Swedish Riksdagen) is Finland's unicameral 200-member legislature elected for four-year terms by open-list D'Hondt proportional representation in multi-member constituencies, with 16 special committees plus a Grand Committee for EU affairs.
Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain: the single legislature at Westminster created by the 1707 Acts of Union, merging the English and Scottish parliaments for the united Kingdom of Great Britain, sitting from 1 May 1707 until the 1801 union with Ireland created the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Parliament of India (भारत की संसद)
Parliament of India (भारत की संसद), the union legislature: President plus Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and Lok Sabha (House of the People); Lok Sabha 543+2 seats with five-year terms, Rajya Sabha permanent with six-year terms.
Parliament of Ireland
Parliament of Ireland: legislature of the Lordship and Kingdom of Ireland, first recorded at Castledermot 1264, subordinated by Poynings' Law 1494, granted legislative independence 1782, abolished by the Act of Union effective 1 January 1801.
Parliament of Lebanon
Parliament of Lebanon (مجلس النواب, Chamber of Deputies): unicameral 128-seat legislature in Beirut, split equally Muslim-Christian by sect under the Taif Accords, elected by list proportional representation in 15 districts, and empowered to legislate and elect the president.
Parliament of Malaysia
Parliament of Malaysia (Parlimen Malaysia), the national bicameral legislature: the King, the Dewan Negara Senate (max 70 members, 26 state-elected, 44 appointed), and the elected Dewan Rakyat; first met 11 September 1959.
Parliament of Negrete (1726)
The Parliament of Negrete of 1726 (Parlamento de Negrete de 1726) was a diplomatic assembly and treaty between Spanish Chile and Mapuche leaders at the Bío Bío River.
Parliament of Pakistan
The Parliament of Pakistan (Majlis-e-Shoora) is the federal bicameral legislature: a 336-member National Assembly and 96-member Senate under Article 50, with FPTP general seats, party-list women's seats, and STV Senate elections.
Parliament of Quillín
The Parliament of Quillín (Parlamento de Quilín) was a peace agreement concluded in January 1641 between the Spanish governor of Chile and Mapuche leaders, ending more than forty years of war.
Parliament of Singapore
The Parliament of Singapore is the unicameral national legislature, part of the Legislature with the President. The Fifteenth Parliament (2025) has 108 MPs: 97 elected, 2 NCMP, 9 NMP; PAP holds 87 seats.
Parliament of South Africa
The Parliament of South Africa is the bicameral national legislature: the 400-seat National Assembly and the 90-delegate National Council of Provinces. It elects the President, makes laws, and oversees the executive; since 2024 no party holds a majority.
Parliament of Sri Lanka
Parliament of Sri Lanka (Shri Lanka Parliyamenthuwa), the unicameral 225-member supreme legislature at Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte; Jathika Jana Balawegaya holds 159 seats after the 2024 election.