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States-General

Translation
States-General
/stayts"jen"euhr euhl/, n.
1. the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber).
2. Fr. Hist. the legislative body in France before the French Revolution.
[1575-85]

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Universalium. 2010.

  
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