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general assembly
general assembly n. [compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French assemblee generale, French assemblée générale (end of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman)] a body of representatives of the whole of an organization, usually one convened for deliberative or legislative purposes; spec. (a) the highest ecclesiastical court of various national churches, esp. the Church of Scotland; (b) the legislature of some states of the United States; (c) the assembly of representatives of all the members of the United Nations.
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1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War i. xiii. f.xl The thynges that we haue shewed youe here in generall assemblie.
1565 (title) The ordour and doctrine of the generall faste, appoynted be the Generall Assemblie of the Kirkes of Scotland. Halden at Edinburgh the 25, day of December. 1565.
1619 Jrnl. 4 Aug. in Jrnls. of House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1619–1658/9 (1915) 15 It is fully agreed att this Generall Assembly, that..every man & manservant of above 16 yeares of age shall pay into the handes & Custody of the Burgesses..one pound of the best Tobacco.
1621 in W. W. Hening Statutes at Large: Coll. Laws Virginia (1823) I. 112 The other council..shall consist..of the said council of state, and of two burgesses out of every town, hundred, or other particular plantation..which council shall be called The General Assembly.
1645 G. Gillespie Nihil Respondes 20 The order of the Church of Scotland, and the Acts of generall Assemblies, are for keeping off all scandalous Persons.
1776 Principal Acts Gen. Assembly Church of Scotl. 29 May Index 46 The General Assembly appointed the clerks to cause print copies of the act respecting the age of ruling elders.
1859 Harper's Mag. May 748/2 The General Assembly convented at James City..consisting of the Governor, the Council of Estate, and two Burgesses elected out of each incorporated plantation.
1871 H. Moncrieff Pract. Free Church Scotl. (1877) 65 It is competent for any Presbytery to transmit what is called an Overture, either to the Provincial Synod or to the General Assembly.
1944 Times 7 Nov. 5/5 The General Assembly of the United Nations Organization proposed at Dumbarton Oaks need not..be so lacking in influence and importance.
1958 Connecticut Hist. Soc. Apr. 47 Daniel Lyman, a member of the General Assembly, a former Steward of the college and, since 1760, a justice of the peace.
2002 K. Matinuddin Nuclearization S. Asia x. 199 The general debate of the First Committee of the 53rd Session of the UN General Assembly, on 20 October 1998.
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