The assemblies of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, as in ancient Rome and other ancient states, the free cities of Medieval Europe, and the upper and smaller branches of the legislatures of, for example, the United States, France, and Italy.
The assemblies of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, as in ancient Rome and other ancient states, the free cities of Medieval Europe, and the upper and smaller branches of the legislatures of, for example, the United States, France, and Italy.