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double dissolution

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables
dou-ble dis-so-lu-tion
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A procedure in which the Government requests the Governor-General to dissolve both houses of Parliament and call a full election, typically to resolve a deadlock between the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Australian usage; Uncountable

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What does double dissolution mean?
A procedure in which the Government requests the Governor-General to dissolve both houses of Parliament and call a full election, typically to resolve a deadlock between the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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