double dissolution

double dissolution

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Noun

double dissolution (uncountable)

1. (government, politics, Australia) A procedure in which the Government requests the Governor-General to dissolve both houses of Parliament and call a full election, typically to resolve a deadlock between the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Translations

procedure

Chinese: Mandarin: 雙重解散, 双重解散 (shuāngchóng jiěsàn)

Finnish: molempien kamarien hajottaminen Russian: please add this translation if you can