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General assembly

General assembly could be used as the name for an official meeting of the members of a union, church, association, or similar organization, or of their representatives,.

More specifically, a general assembly could be one of the following:

Governing bodies of international organizations

The United Nations General Assembly
The General Assembly of the Organization of American States, the main body of the OAS
The FIA General Assembly, an international motor-racing organization

National legislatures

General Assembly of Uruguay
The General Assembly of the Parliament of New Zealand, the former name for the combined upper and lower houses of parliament and the Governor-General of New Zealand
General assembly, the de-facto parliament of rebellious Ireland between 1641 and 1649 (see Confederate Ireland#Constitution)

Sub-national legislatures in the United States, Canada or Switzerland

The official name of the state legislature in several states in the United States:
Arkansas General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
Connecticut General Assembly
Delaware General Assembly
Georgia General Assembly
Illinois General Assembly
Indiana General Assembly
Iowa General Assembly
Kentucky General Assembly
Maryland General Assembly
Missouri General Assembly
New Jersey General Assembly
North Carolina General Assembly
Ohio General Assembly
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Rhode Island General Assembly
South Carolina General Assembly
Tennessee General Assembly
Vermont General Assembly
Virginia General Assembly

Also:

The lower house of the legislature in the state of New Jersey, the New Jersey General Assembly
A General Assembly (or meeting) of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, the unicameral provincial legislature
The legislature in several of the former British colonies in North America
The meeting of the Landsgemeinde of all citizens, used as an institution of direct democracy in some Swiss cantons

Governing bodies of Christian churches

General Assembly (presbyterian church), a supreme governing body, such as
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, representing Unitarian churches in the United Kingdom
The General Assembly (Unitarian Universalist Association), representing member congregations in the United States
''See also List of Christian denominations#Presbyterian and Reformed Churches

Source: Wikipedia

Translation of "General assembly"

German: Generalversammlung (Begriffsklärung), Spanish: Asamblea General, Dutch: Algemene Vergadering.


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