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HORS BARRE [2 records]

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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Record 2 2019-07-11

English

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

Area without the bar of the Senate Chamber where seats are reserved for former members of the Senate and members of the House of Commons who may desire to hear the debates.

CONT

During divisions of the House, strangers were entirely excluded from the Commons Chamber until 1853, but from 1853 until 1906 were merely directed to withdraw from below the bar.

French

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

Des sièges sont réservés, hors de la barre du Sénat, aux anciens sénateurs et aux députés qui voudraient assister aux délibérations.

Spanish

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

Asientos reservados, al otro lado de la barra del Senado, a los antiguos senadores y diputados que desean asistir a las deliberaciones.

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