Chamber of Peers

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The Chamber of Peers was the upper house of the Portuguese parliament in the 19th century, composed largely of hereditary and appointed nobles who shared legislative power with an elected lower chamber.

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Chamber of Peers canonical 7
chamber of peers 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative chamber ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
chamberStructure bicameral legislature ⓘ
composition appointed nobles ⓘ
hereditary nobles ⓘ
constitutionalStatus component of the constitutional order of Portugal ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
governingMonarchRole monarch appointed many peers ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
houseType upper house ⓘ
languageOfLegislature Portuguese ⓘ
legislativeFunction shared legislative power with lower chamber ⓘ
legislativeRole review of legislation from lower chamber ⓘ
locatedIn Portuguese constitutional monarchy ⓘ
lowerHouse elected lower chamber of the Portuguese parliament ⓘ
memberSelectionMethod appointment by the monarch ⓘ
hereditary membership ⓘ
membershipBasis noble status ⓘ
royal appointment ⓘ
oversightRole check on the elected lower chamber ⓘ
partOf Portuguese Parliament ⓘ
politicalIdeologyContext constitutional monarchy and liberalism in 19th-century Portugal ⓘ
politicalSystemContext 19th-century Portugal ⓘ
powerType legislative power ⓘ
represents interests of the aristocracy ⓘ
interests of the monarchy ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith elected lower chamber ⓘ
socialBasis nobility ⓘ
socialFunction institutionalization of aristocratic influence in legislation ⓘ

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