council (consultatory, advisory); board of trustees
Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of the Holy Roman Empire
federal parliament; federal congress
national assembly (esp. France)
parliamentarism; parliamentary government
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
state legislature; state or provincial parliament
prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)
joint committee of both houses
Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
General Council of Trade Unions of Japan
lower house (parliament, congress, diet)
lower and upper houses being controlled by different parties; (lit.) twisted parliament