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Confederated sejm was a form of sejm
Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Poland parliament.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-Chambers of parliament Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the monarch....
 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
 in the 18th century. After 1764, sejm
Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Poland parliament.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-Chambers of parliament Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the monarch....
s were frequently confederated. Under rules of confederation
Confederation (Poland)

A konfederacja was an ad hoc association formed by Polish-Lithuanian szlachta, clergy or cities in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for the attainment of stated aims....
, decisions were made by the majority
Majority

A majority, also known as a simple majority in the United States of America, is a subset of a group that is more than half of the entire group....
 of deputy
Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of deputies is the name given to a legislative body such as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or can refer to a unicameral legislature....
 votes cast, and so the generally destructive privilege of liberum veto
Liberum veto

Liberum veto was a parliamentary device in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It allowed any member of the Sejm to force an immediate end to the current session and nullify all legislation already passed at it by shouting Nie pozwalam! ....
 did not apply.

Examples of confederated Sejms: Repnin Sejm
Repnin Sejm

The Repnin Sejm was a Sejm that took place from 1767 to 1768 in Warsaw, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This Sejm was a response to the Sejms of Convocation Sejm to 1766, where the newly elected king of Poland, Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski, King of Poland, attempted with some successes to push through reforms to strengthen the g...
, Great Sejm
Great Sejm

The Great Sejm, also known as the Four-Year Sejm was a Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that was held in Warsaw, beginning in 1788....
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Confederated sejm was a form of sejm
Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Poland parliament.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-Chambers of parliament Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the monarch....
 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
 in the 18th century. After 1764, sejm
Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Poland parliament.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-Chambers of parliament Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the monarch....
s were frequently confederated. Under rules of confederation
Confederation (Poland)

A konfederacja was an ad hoc association formed by Polish-Lithuanian szlachta, clergy or cities in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for the attainment of stated aims....
, decisions were made by the majority
Majority

A majority, also known as a simple majority in the United States of America, is a subset of a group that is more than half of the entire group....
 of deputy
Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of deputies is the name given to a legislative body such as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or can refer to a unicameral legislature....
 votes cast, and so the generally destructive privilege of liberum veto
Liberum veto

Liberum veto was a parliamentary device in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It allowed any member of the Sejm to force an immediate end to the current session and nullify all legislation already passed at it by shouting Nie pozwalam! ....
 did not apply.

Examples of confederated Sejms: Repnin Sejm
Repnin Sejm

The Repnin Sejm was a Sejm that took place from 1767 to 1768 in Warsaw, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This Sejm was a response to the Sejms of Convocation Sejm to 1766, where the newly elected king of Poland, Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski, King of Poland, attempted with some successes to push through reforms to strengthen the g...
, Great Sejm
Great Sejm

The Great Sejm, also known as the Four-Year Sejm was a Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that was held in Warsaw, beginning in 1788....
.

See also

  • Confederation
    Confederation (Poland)

    A konfederacja was an ad hoc association formed by Polish-Lithuanian szlachta, clergy or cities in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for the attainment of stated aims....
  • Sejmik
    Sejmik

    A sejmik was a regional assembly in the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth, and earlier in the Jagiellon Poland. Sejmiks existed until the end of the Commonwealth in 1795 following the partitions of Poland....
  • Liberum veto
    Liberum veto

    Liberum veto was a parliamentary device in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It allowed any member of the Sejm to force an immediate end to the current session and nullify all legislation already passed at it by shouting Nie pozwalam! ....
  • Constitution of May 3, 1791