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| A '''senate''' is a ], often the ] or ] of a ] ]. The name comes from the ] ] (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the elder" or "old man") and therefore considered wiser and more experienced members of the ] or ]. | |||
| Many countries have an assembly named a ''senate'', composed of ''senators'' who may be ], appointed, have ] the title, or gained membership by other methods, depending on the country. Modern senates typically serve to provide a chamber of "sober second thought" to consider ] passed by a ], whose members are usually elected. Most senates have asymmetrical duties and powers compared with their respective lower house meaning they have special duties, for example to fill important political positions or to pass special laws. Conversely many senates have limited powers in changing or stopping bills under consideration and efforts to stall or veto a bill may be bypassed by the lower house or another branch of government.<ref>Bicameral Legislatures: An international Comparison. Betty Drexhage. The Hague. 2015.</ref> | |||
| == Overview == | |||
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| The modern word ''Senate'' is derived from the ] word ''senātus'' (senate), which comes from ''senex'', 'old man'.<ref>Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary: ''''</ref> The members or legislators of a senate are called '''senators'''. The Latin word ''senator'' was adopted into English with no change in spelling. Its meaning is derived from a very ancient form of social organization, in which advisory or decision-making powers are reserved for the eldest men. For the same reason, the word ''senate'' is correctly used when referring to any powerful authority characteristically composed by the eldest members of a community, as a deliberative body of a faculty in an institution of higher learning is often called a senate. This form adaptation was used to show the power of those in body and for the decision-making process to be thorough, which could take a long period of time. The original senate was the ], which lasted until at least AD 603,<ref>{{cite book|page=1047|author=Levillain, Philippe|title=The Papacy: Gaius-Proxies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VDcmDeLuV4C&pg=PA1047|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-92230-2}}</ref> although various efforts to revive it were made in Medieval Rome. In the ], the ] continued until the ], circa 1202–1204. | |||
| Modern democratic states with ] ]s are sometimes equipped with a senate, often distinguished from an ordinary parallel ], known variously as the "]", "]", "]", "]", "]", or "]", by electoral rules. This may include minimum age required for voters and candidates, proportional or ] or ], and an electoral basis or ''collegium''. Typically, the senate is referred to as the upper house and has a smaller membership than the lower house. In some ]s senates also exist at the subnational level. In the ], every state has a senate, with the exception of ] (whose legislature is a unicameral body called the "Legislature" but whose members refer to themselves as "senators"). There is also the ] at the federal level. Similarly in ], in addition to the ] at federal level, eight of the country's ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] (since 1987) and ], have bicameral legislatures with a Senate. ] and ] changed to ] systems in 2001 and 2003 respectively. | |||
| In ] and ], only the upper house of the federal parliament is known as the Senate. All ] other than ] have an upper house known as a ]. Several Canadian provinces also once had a Legislative Council, but these have all been abolished, the last being ]'s ] in 1968. | |||
| In ], the last Senate of a ] parliament, the ] of ], was abolished in 1999. | |||
| Senate membership can be determined either through elections or appointments. For example, elections are held every three years for half the membership of the ], the term of a senator being six years. In contrast, members of the ] are appointed by the ] upon the recommendation of the ], holding the office until they resign, are removed, or retire at the mandatory age of 75. | |||
| == Alternative meanings == | |||
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| The terms ''senate'' and ''senator'', however, do not necessarily refer to a second chamber of a legislature: | |||
| * The ] was, until 1918, the executive branch and the supreme court. | |||
| * The ] (]) fulfilled a similar judicial function during the interbellum (1918-1940). | |||
| * In German politics: | |||
| In the '']'' (Federated States) of Germany which form a ] (in German: ''Stadtstaat''), i.e. ] (]), ] (]) and ] (]), the senates ('']'' in ]) are the executive branch, with senators (''Senator'') being the holders of ministerial portfolios.<ref>See ], ] and ].</ref> | |||
| In a number of cities which were former members of the '']'' (a medieval confederacy of port cities mainly at the shores of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea), such as ], ], ], ], or ], the city government is also called a Senate. | |||
| However, in ], the Senate was a second legislative chamber until its abolition in 1999. | |||
| * In German jurisdiction: | |||
| The term Senat (senate) in higher ] refers to the "]" in its broader ] meaning, describing members of the ] collectively (usually five ]s), often occupied with a particular ]. However, the judges are not called "senators". The German term ''Strafsenat'' (literally "Penal Senate") in a German court translates to ''Bench of ]'' and ''Zivilsenat'' (literally "Civil Senate") to ''Bench of ]''. The ] consists of two senates of eight judges each. In its case the division is mostly of an organizational nature, as a matter of dividing the work load; both senates handle the same kind of constitutional cases. At some points in the past, one senate was considered more conservative and the other more liberal, but that is not the case as of 2011. | |||
| * In ], judges of the ] are called ]. | |||
| * In some, mostly federal countries with a unicameral legislature, some of the legislators are elected differently from the others and are called senators. In federal countries, such senators represent the territories, while the other members represent the people at large (this device is used to allow a federal representation without having to establish a bicameral legislature); this is the case with ], ] and ]. In other, non-federal countries, the use of the term ''senator'' marks some other difference between such members and the rest of the legislators (such as the method of selection); this is the case with the ], ]'s ] and the ] ]. | |||
| * In ], the ] debating chamber is called the ], pronounced 'Seneth', there being no other word in the Welsh language for "Parliament" | |||
| * An ] is the governing body of some universities. | |||
| * In ] during the early stages of the ], various local legislative and executive bodies were established by the Greek rebels. Two of them were styled "senate": the ] and the ]. | |||
| == National senates in other parts of the world == | |||
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| == Defunct and unestablished senates == | |||
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| {{See also|List of abolished upper houses}} | |||
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| 1='''Abolished in favor of'''<br/>'''] system''' | |||
| * 1863 ]<ref group=Note>A ] was reestablished in 1927, and abolished again in 1935.</ref> | |||
| * 1904 ], ] | |||
| * 1958 ] | |||
| * 1966 ] (restored in 2013)<ref group=Note>The Kenyan Senate and House of Representatives were combined into a single National Assembly, under the 2010 Constitution, the Senate is the upper house, with the National Assembly becoming the lower house.</ref> | |||
| * 1970 ] | |||
| * 1971 ] | |||
| * 1979 ] | |||
| * 1990 ], ] | |||
| * 1981 ]<ref group=Note>A South African Senate was reconvened between 1994 and 1997, before being replaced by the ].</ref> | |||
| * 1993 ]<ref group=Note>The ] existed as a parliamentary body in the ] which were elected by provincial legislators for a duration of 6 years. After the ], the government was transferred to Taiwan. In the constitutional reforms of the 1990s, the Control Yuan is now a purely auditory body, and its 29 members are nominated by the president, and confirmed by the Legislative Yuan for a duration of 6 years. Since 2005, the ] is now the nation's sole parliamentary body.</ref> | |||
| * 2000 ], ] | |||
| * 2001 ], ] | |||
| * 2005 ] | |||
| * 2017 ] | |||
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| '''Legislature disbanded''' | |||
| * 603 ] | |||
| * 1204 ] | |||
| * 1865 ] | |||
| * 1831-1879 ] | |||
| * 1931-1941 ] | |||
| * 1939 ] | |||
| * 1947 ] | |||
| * 1952 ] | |||
| * 1958 ] | |||
| * 1959 ] | |||
| * 1961 ] | |||
| * 1969 ] | |||
| * 1972 ] | |||
| * 1972 ] (restored in 1987)<ref group=Note name="Philippines">The Philippine Senate was abolished and restored twice. A new constitution in 1935 abolished the Senate but an amendment in 1941 restored it in 1945. In 1972, the legislature was closed, and a passage of a new constitution in 1978 confirmed the abolition of the Senate; an approval of a new constitution in 1987 restored it.</ref> | |||
| * 1974 ] | |||
| * 1975 ] | |||
| * 1979 ] | |||
| |3='''New ] adopted''' | |||
| * 1847 ]<ref group=Note name="Costa Rica">The {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124215811/http://esociales.fcs.ucr.ac.cr/materiales/civica/constituciones/const_1844.pdf |date=2011-01-24 }} provided for a Senate; the {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129043022/http://esociales.fcs.ucr.ac.cr/materiales/civica/constituciones/const_1847.pdf |date=2014-11-29 }}, which replaced it, established a unicameral legislature. The Senate was reestablished by the {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129043131/http://esociales.fcs.ucr.ac.cr/materiales/civica/constituciones/const_1859.pdf |date=2014-11-29 }}; the country reverted to unicameralism with the adoption of the {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129043018/http://esociales.fcs.ucr.ac.cr/materiales/civica/constituciones/const_1871.pdf |date=2014-11-29 }}. Costa Rica briefly restored the Senate and bicameralism with the adoption of the {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129043028/http://esociales.fcs.ucr.ac.cr/materiales/civica/constituciones/const_1917.pdf |date=2014-11-29 }}, but that constitution was abrogated in 1919, whereupon the 1871 Constitution was restored; it remained in effect until 1949, when Costa Rica adopted its present Constitution, which provides for a unicameral legislature.</ref> | |||
| * 1866 ] | |||
| * 1871 ]<ref group=Note name="Costa Rica"/> | |||
| * 1886 ]{{refn|group=Note|The established a bicameral legislature with a Chamber of Deputies and a Senate. The 1886 constitution replaced the bicameral legislature with a unicameral one.<ref>Haggerty, Richard A. (ed.), ''El Salvador: A Country Study'' (1990), p. 144</ref>}} | |||
| * 1890 ] | |||
| * 1901–1903 ] | |||
| * 1917 ] | |||
| * 1919 ]<ref group=Note name="Costa Rica"/> | |||
| * 1919 ] | |||
| * 1926 ] | |||
| * 1928 ] | |||
| * 1930 ], ] | |||
| * 1930 ], ] | |||
| * 1930 ], ] | |||
| * 1930 ], ] | |||
| * 1935 ] (restored in 1945)<ref group=Note name="Philippines"/> | |||
| * 1949 ] | |||
| * 1950 ] (restored in 2001 as ]) | |||
| * 1964 ] | |||
| * 1970 ] | |||
| * 1978 ] | |||
| * 1978 ] (restored in 1987)<ref group=Note name="Philippines"/> | |||
| * 1979 ] | |||
| * 1979 ] | |||
| * 1982 ] | |||
| * 1993 ] | |||
| * 2000 ] | |||
| * 2012 ] | |||
| * 2013 ] | |||
| |4='''Senate unestablished, though foreseen by the Constitution''' | |||
| * 1989 ] | |||
| * 1994 ] | |||
| * 1995 ] | |||
| * 2004 ] | |||
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| ==Notes== | |||
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| == See also == | |||
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| ==References== | |||
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