joint resolution
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7.2
- noun
- /dʒɔɪnt ˌrɛzəˈluːʃən/
- Formal
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resolución conjunta
- One hundred years ago tonight, a joint resolution of the House and Senate stated that: "The people of Cuba are and of right ought to be free!"
- passed a joint resolution
- Congress passed a joint resolution
- joint resolution and any amendment
Examples
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A joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution.
Academic text (2011) -
After President Benjamin Harrison objected to this payment as a potentially dangerous precedent, Congress passed a joint resolution in 1893.
Academic text (2004) -
A joint resolution is similar to a bill, but can originate in either the House or the Senate.
Academic text (2011) -
Legislation is presented to Congress in the form of a bill, joint resolution, concurrent resolution, or simple resolution.
Academic text (2011) -
You can also lobby your state senator and legislator to pass a joint resolution to change your state's election code.
Blog text (5) -
The Authorization of Use of Military Force joint resolution passed 420-1 three days after the September 11 attacks.
Academic text (2009) -
On that day, the U.S. Congress adopted, and President Clinton signed, a joint resolution of apology to Native Hawaiians for the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom 100 years earlier.
Academic text (1998) -
In 1941, Congress passed a joint resolution placing Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November.
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The joint resolution must be approved by both houses before becoming law.
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After much debate, the joint resolution finally received the votes needed to pass.
Synonyms
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A formal decision agreed on by a group after a vote
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional from 'joint' (involving two or more parties together) + 'resolution' (a formal adopted statement): it denotes a resolution adopted jointly by two bodies. While specific legal procedures (e.g. how it becomes law) are technical, the core idea that it is a jointly agreed resolution is transparent to learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Joint resolution comes from the simple idea of two groups acting together: joint means 'together' and resolution means 'a decision'. Picture both houses signing the same decision paper, and you can see why a joint resolution is a measure passed by both houses and then sent to the president to become a 'law'.