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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
 
 See Also: assembly, Estates General

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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