Chamber of Deputies
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The Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the Sejm in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, composed mainly of elected representatives of the nobility who participated in the legislative process.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legislative body
ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ |
| associatedInstitution | sejmik (local assembly) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPrinciple | liberum veto ⓘ |
| chamberOf | bicameral Sejm ⓘ |
| checksAndBalancesWith |
King of Poland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Senate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composedOf | elected representatives of the nobility ⓘ |
| convenesBy | royal summons ⓘ |
| country | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decisionRule | unanimity under liberum veto ⓘ |
| dissolutionContext | Partitions of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | legislative branch ⓘ |
| hasPower |
right to approve foreign policy decisions
ⓘ
right to consent to military levies ⓘ right to consent to taxation ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Early Modern period
ⓘ
surface form:
Early modern period
|
| languageOfProceedings |
Latin
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Henrician Articles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
subsequent Sejm constitutions ⓘ |
| legislativeFunction |
approval of statutes
ⓘ
debate of proposed laws ⓘ participation in law‑making ⓘ |
| mainRole | representation of provincial nobility at the central level ⓘ |
| meetsAt |
Grodno
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | General Sejm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| otherChamber | Senate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalCulture | Golden Liberty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystem |
elective monarchy
ⓘ
nobles’ democracy ⓘ |
| relativePosition | lower house ⓘ |
| reportsTo | entire political nation of the nobility ⓘ |
| representedTerritories |
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | election at local sejmiks ⓘ |
| socialClassRepresented | szlachta (Polish nobility) ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 16th–18th centuries ⓘ |
| typeOfMembers | deputies (posłowie) ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.