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JOINT RESOLUTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("joint resolution" is a kind of...):
declaration; resolution; resolve (a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
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