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BELOW BAR [1 record]

Record 1 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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