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Interpellation

noun
1.
(parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy.
2.
The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts.  Synonyms: interjection, interpolation, interposition.





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"Interpellation" Quotes from Famous Books



... strict inquiry, close inquiry, searching inquiry, exhaustive inquiry; narrow search, strict search; study &c (consideration) 451. scire facias [Lat.], ad referendum; trial. questioning &c v.; interrogation, interrogatory; interpellation; challenge, examination, cross-examination, catechism; feeler, Socratic method, zetetic philosophy^; leading question; discussion &c (reasoning) 476. reconnoitering, reconnaissance; prying &c v.; espionage, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... notified Portugal that the passage of British troops and munitions of war through Beira would be considered in the Transvaal as tantamount to hostile action. Nevertheless, on May 1, the Chamber of Deputies at Lisbon rejected an interpellation made by one of its members to question the action of the Government with reference to the privilege which Great Britain sought. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, however, stated that the Transvaal Government had not ordered the Portuguese consul to ...
— Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War • Robert Granville Campbell


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