double dissolution

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Noun

double dissolution (uncountable)

(government, politics, Australia) 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.

Translations

procedure

Chinese:
Mandarin: 雙重解散／双重解散 (shuāngchóng jiěsàn)
Finnish: molempien kamarien hajottaminen
Russian: please add this translation if you can

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