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| Definition: | [n] assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from 16th to 18th centuries | ||
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| See Also: | assembly, Estates General | ||
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| Definition: | \States"-gen"er*al\, n. 1. In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty. 2. In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers. | ||
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