JOINT RESOLUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does joint resolution mean? 

• JOINT RESOLUTION (noun)
  The noun JOINT RESOLUTION has 1 sense:

1. a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)

  Familiarity information: JOINT RESOLUTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOINT RESOLUTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("joint resolution" is a kind of...):

declaration; resolution; resolve (a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)