PARLIAMENT.
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This name was first applied to the gen.
eral assemblies of the States under Louis
VII. in France, about the middle of the
twelfth century 1t was introduced into
England in the reign of Henry III. Of its
derivation many suppositions have been
made. Some refer it to the French farte-
n,cnt, talking or conversation. Others
(and Lord Coke adopts it, } to harier le ment,
because each. member stioks his mind for the
common good. Another would have it from
the Celtic hayiy and ment, transla ing haTiy
by Aarler, and ment by quantity, abundance,
making Parliament to signify what our In
dians call Great TAX. Another COM
pounds it from harium iamentum, because
the peers of the realm lamented to each 9TH
er, at these assemblies, of the enormities Of
the country.