| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Spanish term or phrase: | Cortes Generales | | English translation: | Parliament | | Entered by: |  AnneM |
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Bus/Financial - Government / Politics / government | | Spanish term or phrase: cortes generales | Context:
En julio del 1999 las Cortes Generales aprobaron una modificación de la ley...
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| | Parliament | Explanation:
It doesn't say whether it's Congress or Senate, Lords or Commons, or any other rank. Parliament seems more general. |
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| Grading comment Thank you Sheila and everybody else for clarifying my doubt. I haven't been able to access Jafroome's links but from what I can see 'General Courts' tends to be used for courts of law or in texts which have been translated to refer to parliament systems in different countries. The context I had was very general and it was not necessary to describe the functioning of the system as such.
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| Parliament
Explanation:
It doesn't say whether it's Congress or Senate, Lords or Commons, or any other rank. Parliament seems more general.
| Sheilann
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| | Grading comment | Thank you Sheila and everybody else for clarifying my doubt. I haven't been able to access Jafroome's links but from what I can see 'General Courts' tends to be used for courts of law or in texts which have been translated to refer to parliament systems in different countries. The context I had was very general and it was not necessary to describe the functioning of the system as such. |
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