#assembly  a group of persons gathered together for a common purpose
  supertype:  gathering__assemblage  a group of persons together in one place
  instance:  General_Assembly
  subtype:  legislature__legislative_assembly__legislativeassembly__general_assembly__generalassembly__law-makers  persons who make or amend or repeal laws
     subtype:  senate  assembly possessing high legislative powers
        instance:  United_States_Senate__Senate
     subtype:  house.legislature  an official assembly having legislative powers; "the legislature has two houses"
        instance:  House_of_Representatives  House_of_Commons  House_of_Lords  Dail_Eireann__Dail  Seanad_Eireann__Seanad
     subtype:  legislative_council__legislativecouncil  a unicameral legislature
     subtype:  congress.legislature  a national legislative assembly
     subtype:  diet.legislature  a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
     subtype:  parliament  a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)
        instance:  Knesset__Knesseth  Oireachtas
     instance:  United_States_Congress__Congress
  subtype:  States_General  assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from 16th to 18th centuries
     instance:  Estates_General
  subtype:  chapter.assembly  an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
  subtype:  chamber.assembly  a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate"
  subtype:  Bench  the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
  subtype:  tribunal__court__judicature  an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
     subtype:  appellate_court__appeals_court__appealscourt__court_of_appeals  a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies
        subtype:  circuit_court_of_appeals  one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit'
     subtype:  assizes__assize__court_of_assize__court_of_assize_and_nisi_prius  the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by crown courts)
     subtype:  court_of_chancery__chancery  a court with jurisdiction in equity
     subtype:  consistory  a church tribunal or governing body
     subtype:  criminal_court  a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases
        subtype:  night_court  a criminal court (in large cities) that sits at night
        subtype:  Old_Bailey  the Central Criminal Court in London
     subtype:  divorce_court__divorcecourt  a court having jurisdiction over the termination of marriage contracts
     subtype:  federal_court__federalcourt  a court establish by the authority of a federal government
        subtype:  Supreme_Court  the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation
     subtype:  inferior_court__lower_court__lowercourt  any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court
     subtype:  Inquisition  a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
        subtype:  Spanish_Inquisition  the Inquisition that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries)
     subtype:  juvenile_court  a court having jurisdiction over dependent and delinquent children
     subtype:  kangaroo_court  an irregular unauthorized court
     subtype:  military_court  a court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnel
        subtype:  court-martial.military_court__courtmartial  a military court to try serious breaches of martial law
           subtype:  drumhead_court-martial  a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action
           subtype:  special_court-martial__specialcourtmartial  a court-martial to try soldiers for offences less serious that than those committed in action; consists of at least three officers
        subtype:  provost_court__provostcourt  a military court for trying people charged with minor offenses in an occupied area
     subtype:  moot_court  a mock court where law students argue hypothetical cases
     subtype:  police_court  a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused serious offenses
     subtype:  probate_court__probatecourt  a court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates
     subtype:  quarter_sessions  a local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative functions
     subtype:  Rota  (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts
     subtype:  Star_Chamber  a former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments
     subtype:  superior_court  any court that has jurisdiction above an inferior court
     subtype:  state_supreme_court__statesupremecourt__supreme_court__supremecourt__high_court  the highest court in most states of the United States
     subtype:  traffic_court__trafficcourt  a court that has power to prosecute for traffic offences
     subtype:  trial_court__trialcourt  the first court before which the facts of a case are decided
     instance:  International_Court_of_Justice__World_Court
  subtype:  coven  an assembly of witches; usually 13 witches
  subtype:  sabbat__witches'_Sabbath  a midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy

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