0 one of the two parts that some parliaments are divided into:
In 1621 the upper house sat for 109 sittings on 93 days.
He had become an experienced parliament-man and an assiduous attender in the upper house.
It does not appear to have been mentioned again in the upper house.
Control of the upper house is not so powerful a card that the opposition needs no others.
If one were searching for a 'normal' upper house election under the old party system, 1992 would be as good as any.
Its apprehension was real in that the upper house election is based primarily on proportional representation.
The larger districts of the upper house were similar to the standard districts of the lower house and therefore produced similar results.
In the upper house, there was no chance for negotiation between the government and the opposition parties.
