Diet (assembly)
In
politics, a
Diet is a formal
deliberative assembly. The term is derived from
Medieval Latin dietas, and ultimately comes from the Latin
dies, "day." The word came to be used in this sense because these assemblies met on a daily basis.
In this sense, it commonly refers to the
Reichstag assemblies of the
Holy Roman Empire; see
Reichstag (institution),
Diet of Augsburg,
Diet of Nuremberg,
Diet of Regensburg, and
Diet of Worms.
The
Riksdag of the Estates was the diet of the four estates of
Sweden, from the 15th century until 1866. The
Diet of Finland, was the successor to the Riksdag of the Estates in the
Grand Duchy of Finland, from 1809 to 1918.
The Swiss Diet was known as
Tagsatzung.
In other countries the name of the comparable assembly came from the
generality of
the States:
*
Belgium and the Netherlands:
Staten Generaal*
France:
États Généraux*
Spain:
Generalitat de Catalunya,
Generalitat Valenciana,
Cortes Generales* The
Japanese Parliament (the Kokkai) is conventionally called the Diet in English.
