An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house...

Governor of Upper Canada who was assisted by the Executive Council of Upper Canada The Legislative Council of Upper Canada (the appointed upper house) The Legislative...

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster...

effectively an Upper Chamber and a Lower Chamber, with the knights and burgesses sitting in the latter. This Upper Chamber became known as the House of Lords...

lower house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where the other chamber is the upper house. Although formally styled as "below" the upper house...

Council of Upper Canada was the upper house governing the province of Upper Canada. Although modelled after the British House of Lords, Upper Canada had...

(lit: "States' Assembly"), also known as the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2023[update], it has a maximum...

consent of both houses. For its somewhat similar function, the Bundesrat is sometimes (controversially) described as an upper house of parliament along...

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they...

parliament, the House of Commons, in practice holds far more power than the upper house, the Senate. Although the approval of both chambers is necessary for...