House (legislature)

House is a term commonly used to refer to a number of legislative bodies.

Specific examples include:

• Lower house, one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature
• House of Commons, the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada
• House of Representatives, a name used for legislative bodies in many countries
• United States House of Representatives
• Upper house, one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature
• House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
• House of Burgesses, the first elected legislative assembly in the New World, established in the Colony of Virginia

See also

Debate chamber