Parliament: group of people who are responsible for making the laws
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parliament
‘ A member of Parliament put her object in writing’
One of the members went against the writing about English uses.
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Where is this passage from? I don’t understand your explanation. Perhaps if you quoted the entire sentence, or included the sentence before and/or after, you would provide enough context to be able to explain the passage with the word’s definition inserted.