General assembly

A general assembly or general meeting is a meeting of all the members of an organization or shareholders of a company.

Specific examples of general assembly include:

Churches

General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of presbyterian polity
- General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, highest court of the Church of Scotland
- General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, highest court of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
General Assembly (Unitarian Universalist Association), annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists of the Unitarian Universalist Association
General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, umbrella organisation for Unitarian, Free Christian and other religious congregations in the United Kingdom
General Ordinary Assembly, advisory body for the Pope in the Catholic Church
World Evangelical Alliance § General Assemblies

International organizations

FIA General Assembly, an international motor-racing organization
General Assembly of the Organization of American States, the main body of the OAS
United Nations General Assembly, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations

National or sub-national legislatures

Confederate Ireland's parliament, during 1642–1649
General Assembly of Nova Scotia, the legislature of that Canadian province
General Assembly of Uruguay, the national legislature of Uruguay
General Assembly of the Empire of Brazil, parliament of the Empire of Brazil

United States state legislatures

Other uses

General Assembly (horse), American throughbred racehorse
General assembly (Occupy movement), the primary decision-making bodies of the global Occupy Movement which arose in 2011
General Assembly (school), a private for-profit education company
General Assembly, a fictional international council from the browser game NationStates

Annual general meeting
Popular assembly, a gathering called to address issues of importance to participants
ICCA Congress & Exhibition, the annual meeting of the International Congress and Convention Association
Conference
Assembly (disambiguation)
Landsgemeinde, institution of direct democracy in some Swiss cantons
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