See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

CONVENTION (See also:

• LAT

Lat. conventio, an See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)  , a See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting or See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly; an agreement between parties; a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general agreement on which is based some See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom, institution, See also:

• RULE

rule of behaviour or See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste, or See also:

• CANON

canon of See also:

• ART

art; hence extended to the abuse of such an agreement, whereby the rules based upon it become lifeless and artificial . The word is of some See also:

• INTEREST

interest historically and politically . It is used of an assembly of the representatives of a nation, See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state or party, and is particularly contrasted with the formal meetings of a legislature . It is thus applied to those parliaments in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• HISTORY

history which, owing to the See also:

• ABEYANCE (O. Fr. abeance, " gaping")

abeyance of the See also:

• CROWN

crown, have assembled without the formal See also:

• SUMMONS (Fr. semonce, from semonner or semondre, Lat. summonere, summonitio)

summons of the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign; in 1664 a See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament restored See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II. to the See also:

• THRONE

throne, and in 1689 the Houses of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons and Lords were summoned informally to a convention by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange, as were the Estates of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, and declared the throne abdicated by See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James II. and settled the disposition of the See also:

• REALM

realm . Similarly, the assembly which ruled See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France from See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1792 to See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1795 was known as the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Convention (see below) ; the statutory assembly of delegates which framed the constitution of the See also:

• UNITED

United States of See also:

• AMERICA

America in 1787 was called the Constitutional Convention; and the various See also:

• AMERICAN

American state constitutions have been drafted and sometimes revised by constitutional conventions . In the party See also:

• SYSTEM

system of the United States the nomination of party candidates for See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office or See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election is in the hands of delegates, chosen by the primaries, meeting in the convention of the party; the convention system is universal, from the national conventions of the Republican and Democratic parties, which nominate the candidates for the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency and See also:

• VICE

vice-presidency, down to a See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward convention, which nominates the See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for a See also:

• TOWN

town-councillorship . In See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy, "convention" is a general name given to See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international agreements other than See also:

• TREATIES

treaties, but not necessarily differing either in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form or subject-See also:

• MATTER

matter from a treaty, and sometimes used quite widely of all forms of such agreements . Many conventions have been made for the formation of international "unions" to regulate and protect various economic, See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial and other non-See also:

• POLITICAL

political interests, such as postal and telegraphic services, See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade-marks, See also:

• PATENTS

patents, See also:

• COPYRIGHT

copyright, See also:

• QUARANTINE (Fr. quarantaine, a period of forty days 1)

quarantine, &c . Thus the Latin Monetary See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union was created in 1865 by the Convention of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and the abolition of bounties on the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production and exportation of See also:

• SUGAR

sugar by the Convention of See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels in 1902 (see TREATIES) .