Upper house

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  • Upper House
definition
  • The body of a bicameral legislature comprising either representatives of member states in a federation or a select number of individuals from certain privileged estates or social classes.
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broader
Abstract from DBPedia
    An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted power than the lower house. A legislature composed of only one house (and which therefore has neither an upper house nor a lower house) is described as unicameral.

    上院（じょういん、英: upper house）は、両院制の議会における一方の議院の呼称である。日本では参議院、イギリスでは貴族院がこれにあたる。対称となる議院は下院（かいん、英: lower house）と呼ばれる。

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