| Lobby (lobby) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Lob"by |
| ; pl.
Lobbies (#). [LL. lobium, lobia,
laubia, a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG.
louba, G. laube, arbor. See Lodge.] |
A passage or hall of
communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a
waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a
lobby communicates between several rooms, an
antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully
preserved.
That part of a hall of legislation not
appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons,
collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the
legislators; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who
strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency.
An apartment or passageway
in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-
deck.
A confined place for
cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the
farmyard.
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To address or solicit members of a legislative
body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their
votes.
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To urge the adoption
or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body] as, to
lobby a bill.
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