Sentence examples for deliberative assembly from inspiring English sources

He soon returned to politics, however, and in 1800 he became president of the Tribunat, the deliberative assembly opposed to the Napoleonic Code.

The will of such a deliberative assembly is expressed by its action on proposals submitted for consideration in the form of motions or resolutions offered by members.

"The party cannot be an organisation of executives who are subject to a single discipline and at the same time a deliberative assembly of people free to present their opinions and pursue their interests," he said.

But when Washington appeared on the floor of the Senate to seek advice about pending negotiations with American Indian tribes, the surprised senators proved themselves to be a contentious deliberative assembly, not an advisory board.

These confederations were presided over by a common head, the rector scholarium, and the different nations were represented by their consiliarii, a deliberative assembly with which the rector habitually took counsel.

Its hero is Edmund Burke, the philosopher and MP who (rather bravely) informed his 18th-century constituents that he was not an agent for their narrow interests, but merely their elected representative in a national, deliberative assembly.

The fundamental right of deliberative assemblies requires that all questions and issues be thoroughly discussed before taking action.

Motion, in parliamentary rules of order, a procedure by which proposals are submitted for the consideration of deliberative assemblies.

Parliamentary procedure, also called rules of order, the generally accepted rules, precedents, and practices commonly employed in the governance of deliberative assemblies.

At the same time, a growing popular rights movement, encouraged by the introduction of liberal Western ideas, called for the creation of a constitutional government and wider participation through deliberative assemblies.

Determined to rule with more authority, Robert researched and wrote the ''Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies,'' loosely based on the practices of the United States House of Representatives.