0 one of the two groups of politicians who make laws in some political systems such as in the US, Australia, and France, often having different powers from the other group and different rules for members, for example being elected for a longer period:
1 the group of people who control a college or university
2 the group of politicians who have the most power to make laws in a government:
3 the name of the upper house (= more important of the two parts) of the parliaments of some countries, for example the US, Australia, and France:
The senate has the power to veto laws passed by the lower house.
Bermuda is governed by a Senate (11 members), a House of Assembly (40 members, elected for 5 years), and a cabinet headed by a premier.
The House speaker said he was confident the settlement would go through without the Senate's amendment.
He is the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee.
In this sample, 65 elections were decided by majority votes in the state house and state senate, and 48 elections were decided in joint session.
What happened was this : in not permitting the students to discipline their inferiors, the senate had undermined their claims to being gentlemen.
Second, the senate, the members of which served for nine years with the body renewed every three, remained untouched by the reform.
