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Webster 1913 Edition
Parliamentary
Parˊlia-men′ta-ry
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
parlementaire
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to Parliament;
as,
. parliamentary
authorityBacon.
2.
Enacted or done by Parliament;
as, a
. parliamentary
actSir M. Hale.
Parliamentary agent
, a person, usually a solicitor, professionally employed by private parties to explain and recommend claims, bills, etc., under consideration of Parliament.
[Eng.]
– Parliamentary train
, one of the trains which, by act of Parliament, railway companies are required to run for the conveyance of third-class passengers at a reduced rate.
[Eng.]
☞ “In England people who have a drawing-room no longer call it a parlor, as they called it of old and till recently.”
Fitzed. Hall.
Parlor car
. See
Palace car
, under Car
.