territorial upper legislative chamber

C35807
concept

A territorial upper legislative chamber is a higher house of a bicameral legislature whose members represent defined geographic or territorial units, reviewing, amending, and approving legislation with a focus on regional interests and checks on the lower house.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
proposed upper house 2
territorial upper house 1
territorial upper legislative chamber canonical 1

Instances (5)

Instance Via concept surface
Territorial Council of Wisconsin Territory
Haryana Legislative Council (if created in future)
surface form: Haryana Legislative Council
proposed upper house
Council of Union of Iraq proposed upper house
Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale
surface form: House of Lords
upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Alaska Territorial Senate territorial upper house