A legislative chamber in Germany or Austria that is a federal council acting primarily in an advisory capacity.
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A cabinet-like federal council in Switzerland.
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Bundesrat Sentence Examples
Schaumburg-Lippe sends one member to the Bundesrat (federal council) and one deputy to the reichstag.
Alsace-Lorraine is represented in the Bundesrat by two commissioners, who have, however, but one voice; and the territory returns 15 members to the Reichstag.
The Bundesrat could proclaim a state of siege in.
Saxe-Meiningen has one vote in the German federal council (Bundesrat) and sends two members to the Reichstag.
As a state of the empire, Hamburg is represented in the federal council (Bundesrat) by one plenipotentiary, and in the imperial diet (Reichstag) by three deputies.