house of commons

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

House of Commons
    n 1: the lower house of the British parliament [syn: {House of
         Commons}, {British House of Commons}]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Eng. law. The representatives of the people, in 
contradistinction to the nobles, taken collectively are called the house of 
commons. 
     2. This house must give its consent to all bills before they acquire 
the authority of law, and all laws for raising revenue must originate there.