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Interpellation

noun
1.
(parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy.
2.
The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts.  Synonyms: interjection, interpolation, interposition.





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"Interpellation" Quotes from Famous Books



... the two powers had come to an understanding with regard to their interests in North Africa, and in May 1902 Signor Prinetti, then Italian minister for foreign affairs, speaking in parliament in reply to an interpellation on the subject of Tripoli, declared that if "the status quo in the Mediterranean were ever disturbed, Italy would be sure of finding no one to bar the way to her ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


Words linked to "Interpellation" :   interposition, interruption, disruption, order, rules of order, interpolation, interjection, break, parliament, interpellate, parliamentary procedure, parliamentary law, gap


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