Meaning of STATES GENERAL
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| | Definition: | | [n] assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from 16th to 18th centuries |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \States"-gen"er*al\, n.
1. In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the
three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the
nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty.
2. In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two
chambers.
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