Parliament

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  • An assembly of elected representatives, typically controlled by a political party and constituting the legislative and, in some cases, the executive power of a state.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. The term is similar to the idea of a senate, synod or congress and is commonly used in countries that are current or former monarchies. Some contexts restrict the use of the word parliament to parliamentary systems, although it is also used to describe the legislature in some presidential systems (e.g., the Parliament of Ghana), even where it is not in the official name. Historically, parliaments included various kinds of deliberative, consultative, and judicial assemblies, an example being the French medieval and early modern parlements.

    議会（ぎかい、英: Parliament）とは、貴族や選挙により選出された議員などで構成され、立法などを受け持つ機関のことである。中央議会においては、有権者の代表、法律の制定（立法）、政府の監視（行政監督権）の三つの機能を持つ。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Parliament)