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

United States state legislatures

* Arkansas General Assembly * Colorado General Assembly * Connecticut General Assembly * Delaware General Assembly * Georgia General Assembly * Illinois General Assembly * Indiana General Assembly * Iowa General Assembly * Kentucky General Assembly * Maryland General Assembly * Missouri General Assembly * New Jersey General Assembly, lower house of the bicameral New Jersey Legislature * New York General Assembly (historical colonial) * North Carolina General Assembly * Ohio General Assembly * Pennsylvania General Assembly * Rhode Island General Assembly * South Carolina General Assembly * Tennessee General Assembly * Vermont General Assembly * Virginia General Assembly

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

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