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WITHIN BAR [1 record]

Record 1 2020-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

At no time ought Members [of the House of Commons] to take a seat inside the bar [of the Senate].

CONT

In the matter of the MP [member of Parliament] who took a seat within the bar, this was clearly a violation of tradition and also the Rules of the Senate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Un sénateur ne peut voter que si, à une mise aux voix, il se trouve à l'intérieur de la barre du Sénat.

CONT

Au cours d'une séance du Sénat, [...] personne, ni aucun sénateur, n'apporte dans la salle du Sénat, que ce soit sur le parquet, à l'intérieur de la barre, hors de la barre ou dans les tribunes, de dispositif électronique produisant des sons, que ce soit pour des communications personnelles ou d'autres fins [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje parlamentario
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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