States-General Definition

stātsjĕnər-əl
noun
A legislative assembly of representatives from the estates of the nation, as opposed to a provincial assembly.
American Heritage
The legislative body in France before the Revolution of 1789, made up of representatives of the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate.
Webster's New World
The legislative assembly in France before the Revolution.
American Heritage
The legislative assembly of the Netherlands.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(now historical) A legislative assembly in the Netherlands until 1795, uniting representatives of the three estates of clergy, nobles, and commons. [from 16th c.]

Wiktionary

(now historical) A similar assembly in pre-Revolutionary France. [from 16th c.]

Wiktionary

Origin of States-General

  • From (plural form of) state + general, after Dutch staten generaal, Middle French etats generaux.

    From Wiktionary

  • Translation of French états généreaux Dutch Staten-Generaal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

States-General Sentence Examples

  • He was elected a deputy of the nobility to the states-general, where he sat alongside of his friend La Fayette.

  • Claude Antoine de Besiade, marquis d'Avaray, was deputy for the bailliage of Orleans in the states-general of 1789, and proposed a Declaration of the Duties of Man as a pendant to the Declaration of the Rights of Man; he subsequently became a lieutenant-general in 1814, a peer of France in 1815, and duc d'Avaray in 1818.

  • The claim of the emperor Maximilian to be regent during the minority of his grandson was recognized by the states-general.

  • Money had to be raised by taxation, and at a meeting of the states-general (March 20, 1569) the governor-general proposed (1) an immediate tax of 1% on all property, (2) a tax of 5% on all transfers of real estate, (3) a tax of io% on the sale of all articles of commerce, the last two taxes to be granted in perpetuity.

  • A treaty establishing a firm alliance between the provinces, represented by the states-general, assembled at Brussels on the one part, and on the other by the prince of Orange, and the states of Holland and Zeeland, was agreed upon and ratified under the title of the " Pacification of Ghent."

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