A general assembly or general meeting is a meeting of all the members of an organization or of a company.
Specific examples of general assembly include:
Churches
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General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of presbyterian polity
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General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, highest court of the Church of Scotland
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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, highest court of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
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General Assembly (Unitarian Universalist Association), annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists of the Unitarian Universalist Association
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General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, umbrella organisation for Unitarian, Free Christian and other religious congregations in the United Kingdom
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General Ordinary Assembly, advisory body for the Pope in the Catholic Church
International organizations
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FIA General Assembly, an international motor-racing organization
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General Assembly of the Organization of American States, the main body of the OAS
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United Nations General Assembly, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations
National or sub-national legislatures
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Confederate Ireland's parliament, during 1642–1649
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General Assembly of Nova Scotia, the legislature of that Canadian province
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General Assembly of Uruguay, the national legislature of Uruguay
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General Assembly of the Empire of Brazil, parliament of the Empire of Brazil
United States state legislatures
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Arkansas General Assembly
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Colorado General Assembly
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Connecticut General Assembly
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Delaware General Assembly
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Georgia General Assembly
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Illinois General Assembly
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Indiana General Assembly
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Iowa General Assembly
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Kentucky General Assembly
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Maryland General Assembly
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Missouri General Assembly
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New Jersey General Assembly, lower house of the bicameral New Jersey Legislature
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New York General Assembly (historical colonial)
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North Carolina General Assembly
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Ohio General Assembly
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Pennsylvania General Assembly
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Rhode Island General Assembly
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South Carolina General Assembly
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Tennessee General Assembly
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Vermont General Assembly
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Virginia General Assembly
Other uses
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General Assembly (horse), American throughbred racehorse
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General assembly (Occupy movement), the primary decision-making bodies of the global Occupy Movement which arose in 2011
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General Assembly (school), a private for-profit education company
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General Assembly, a fictional international council from the browser game NationStates
See also
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Annual general meeting
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Popular assembly, a gathering called to address issues of importance to participants
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ICCA Congress & Exhibition, the annual meeting of the International Congress and Convention Association
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Conference
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Assembly (disambiguation)
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Landsgemeinde, institution of direct democracy in some Swiss cantons