Cortes of Spain

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The Cortes of Spain is the historical name for Spain’s national legislative assembly, which served as the kingdom’s representative parliament responsible for enacting laws and approving major state decisions.

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Cortes of Spain canonical 4
Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
parliament
alternativeName Hernán Cortés
surface form: Cortes

Cortes of Spain
surface form: Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain
approves key acts of state
royal legislation
authorizes state decisions requiring parliamentary approval
country Spain
decisionScope major state policies
national laws
exercisesPower legislative power in the kingdom
governmentBranch legislative branch
governs subjects of the Spanish Crown
hasRole national legislative assembly
representative parliament
historicalSignificance central institution of Spanish parliamentary tradition
languageOfProceedings Spanish
mainFunction approving major state decisions
enacting laws
meetsIn Spain
politicalSystem monarchy of Spain
represents estates of the realm
Spain
surface form: kingdom of Spain
typeOfLegislature unicameral or multi-estate assembly depending on period
usedAsName historical name for Spain’s national legislature

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Treaty of Paris (1898) ratifiedBy Cortes of Spain
Cortes of Spain alternativeName Cortes of Spain
this entity surface form: Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain
Cortes of Castile dissolvedInto Cortes of Spain
Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) operatedIn Cortes of Spain
this entity surface form: Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain
Cortes of the Second Spanish Republic replaced Cortes of Spain
this entity surface form: Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain
Estamento de Próceres legislativeBranch Cortes of Spain
Estamento de Próceres partOf Cortes of Spain