Massachusetts General Court

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bicameral legislature state legislature

The Massachusetts General Court is the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts, consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives and responsible for making the state's laws.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
General Court 2
General Court of Massachusetts 2
General Court of Massachusetts (colonial) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
state legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Massachusetts state legislature ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Legislature
appliesTo residents of Massachusetts ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
budgetAuthorityOver Commonwealth of Massachusetts budget ⓘ
buildingTypeOfMeetingPlace state capitol building ⓘ
canCreate Massachusetts General Laws ⓘ
composition Massachusetts state legislature ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Senate and Massachusetts House of Representatives
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electionInterval 2 years ⓘ
electionType state legislative election ⓘ
governingDocument Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
hasCommittee joint committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasMember Massachusetts state representative ⓘ
Massachusetts state senator ⓘ
hasPower lawmaking power in Massachusetts ⓘ
power of appropriation ⓘ
power of oversight ⓘ
power to override gubernatorial vetoes ⓘ
hasPresident President of the Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
hasSpeaker Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
languageUsed English ⓘ
legislativeChamber Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
meetsIn Massachusetts State House ⓘ
meetsInSession formal legislative sessions ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
partOf Government of Massachusetts ⓘ
precededBy Massachusetts colonial legislature ⓘ
responsibility enacting state laws ⓘ
overseeing the executive branch ⓘ
passing the state budget ⓘ
proposing constitutional amendments ⓘ
shortName Massachusetts General Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: General Court
state Massachusetts ⓘ
supervises Massachusetts state agencies ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature professional legislature ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massachusetts colonial legislature → alternativeName → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay
John Leverett → associatedWith → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
The Commonwealth → associatedWith → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
President of the Massachusetts Senate → body → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Majority Leader → chamber → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
subject surface form: Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts Land Court → createdBy → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Massachusetts Appeals Court → establishedBy → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Massachusetts Superior Court → establishedBy → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
New Hampshire General Assembly → follows → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massachusetts General Court (as governing authority over New Hampshire before separate province status)
Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay → governedBy → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Court of Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts State House → governingBody → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
House Journal → governmentBranch → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
American colonial assemblies → hasPart → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Government of Massachusetts → hasPart → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Massachusetts colonial legislature → hasPart → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massachusetts House of Representatives (colonial)
Massachusetts colonial legislature → hasPart → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Court of Massachusetts (colonial)
New England political institutions → includes → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Patriots’ Day → legislatedBy → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Government of Massachusetts → legislativeBody → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Massachusetts General Laws → legislativeBody → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Worcester County, Massachusetts → legislativeRepresentation → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Massachusetts → legislature → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
subject surface form: Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay Colony → legislature → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Court of Massachusetts
Province of Massachusetts Bay → legislature → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Court of Massachusetts
Senate Journal → legislature → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Government of Massachusetts → legislatureName → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Robert Treat Paine → memberOf → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Samuel Sewall → memberOf → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Massachusetts state legislature → officialName → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Ronald Mariano → part of → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Massachusetts House of Representatives → partOf → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Massachusetts Senate → partOf → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Massachusetts State Representative → partOf → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
President of the Massachusetts Senate → partOf → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts → presentedTo → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
House Journal → publisher → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Massachusetts General Laws → publisher → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Senate Journal → publisher → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
House Journal → relatedTo → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Massachusetts colonial legislature → replacedBy → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
Massachusetts General Court → shortName → Massachusetts General Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Court
Massachusetts state legislature → shortName → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Court
Governor of Massachusetts → worksWith → Massachusetts General Court ⓘ