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Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, Acts of Parliament are primary legislation passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Arawakan languages
Arawakan (Arahuacan, Maipuran Arawakan, "mainstream" Arawakan, Arawakan proper), also known as Maipurean (also Maipuran, Maipureano, Maipúre), is a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America.
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Bahamian general election, 1729
General elections were held in the Bahamas in September 1729, the first elections in the territory.
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Bahamian general election, 2017
General elections were held in the Bahamas on 10 May 2017.
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Bermuda
Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Bicameralism
A bicameral legislature divides the legislators into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses.
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Bill (law)
A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature.
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Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus (before 31 October 145120 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer.
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Committee of the whole
A committee of the whole is a meeting of a deliberative assembly according to modified procedural rules based on those of a committee.
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often known as simply the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire.
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Crown colony
Crown colony, dependent territory and royal colony are terms used to describe the administration of United Kingdom overseas territories that are controlled by the British Government.
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Democratic National Alliance (Bahamas)
The Democratic National Alliance (abbreviated DNA) is one of the three main political parties in The Bahamas, formed in May 2011.
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Eleuthera
Eleuthera refers both to a single island in the archipelagic state of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas and to its associated group of smaller islands.
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Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
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First-past-the-post voting
A first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting method is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins.
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Free National Movement
The Free National Movement (abbreviated FNM) is a conservative political party in The Bahamas formed in the 1970s, led by Cecil Wallace Whitfield.
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Governor-General of the Bahamas
The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas is the viceregal representative of the Bahamian monarch (currently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II).
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Harbour Island, Bahamas
Harbour Island is an island and administrative district in the Bahamas and is located off the northeast coast of Eleuthera Island.
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Kingdom of England
The Kingdom of England (French: Royaume d'Angleterre; Danish: Kongeriget England; German: Königreich England) was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the 10th century—when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms—until 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially called simply Great Britain,Parliament of the Kingdom of England.
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Legislative chamber
A legislative chamber or house is a deliberative assembly within a legislature which generally meets and votes separately from the legislature's other chambers.
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List of legislatures by country
This is a list of legislatures by country.
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List of Presidents of the Senate of the Bahamas
List of Presidents of the Senate of the Bahamas.
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List of Speakers of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas
The first Speakers of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas was in 1729 following the establishment of the General Assembly started by Woodes Roger.
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Lords Proprietor
The title of Lord Proprietor was a position akin to head landlord or overseer of a territory.
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Lower house
A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.
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Lucayan people
The Lucayan people were the original inhabitants of the Bahamas before the arrival of European colonizers.
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Marguerite Pindling
Dame Marguerite Matilda, Lady Pindling (née McKenzie; born 26 June 1932) has been the Governor-General of the Bahamas since 8 July 2014.
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Member of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.
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Monarchy of the Bahamas
The monarchy of the Bahamas is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
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Motion (parliamentary procedure)
In parliamentary procedure as defined in Robert's Rules of Order, a motion is a formal proposal by a member of a deliberative assembly that the assembly take certain action.
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Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau is the capital and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
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New Providence
New Providence is the most populous island in The Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population.
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New World
The New World is one of the names used for the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas (including nearby islands such as those of the Caribbean and Bermuda).
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Opposition (parliamentary)
Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system.
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Parliament
In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government.
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Piracy
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable items or properties.
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Politics of the Bahamas
The politics of the Bahamas takes place within a framework of parliamentary democracy, with a Prime Minister as the head of government.
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Prime Minister of the Bahamas
The Prime Minister of The Bahamas is the head of government of the Bahamas, currently Hubert Minnis.
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Progressive Liberal Party
The Progressive Liberal Party (abbreviated PLP) is a populist and social liberal party in the Bahamas.
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Reading (legislature)
A reading of a bill is a debate on the bill held before the general body of a legislature, as opposed to before a committee or an other group.
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Short and long titles
The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines.
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Taíno
The Taíno people are one of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean.
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The Bahamas
The Bahamas, known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic state within the Lucayan Archipelago.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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Westminster system
The Westminster system is a parliamentary system of government developed in the United Kingdom.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Bahamas
