·noun The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire, which is composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. ·see Bundesrath.
II. Reichstag ·add. ·noun The national representative body of Hungary, consisting of a House of Magnates (including archdukes, peers, high officials of the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Protestant Churches, and certain other dignitaries) and a House of Representatives (in 1912 consisting of 453 members). ·see Legislative, Diet.