House of Keys

Possessing this enviable institution, the island added to it the inestimable blessing of a local parliament, called the House of Keys, an assembly far in advance of the other parliament belonging to the neighboring island, in this respect — that the members dispensed with the people, and solemnly elected each other.

Armadale 2003

The common Manx notion, the idea familiar to my own boyhood, is, that the twenty-four members of the House of Keys are the twenty-four material keys whereby the closed doors of the law are unlocked.

The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Hall Caine 1892

It has in modern times its elective house which is called the House of Keys and is equivalent to the Commons.

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862

Possessing this enviable institution, the island added to it the inestimable blessing of a local parliament, called the House of Keys, an assembly far in advance of the other parliament belonging to the neighboring island, in this respect -- that the members dispensed with the people, and solemnly elected each other.

Armadale Wilkie Collins 1856

The most interesting post on Thursday's House of Keys election is probably this one in the Guardian.

Archive 2006-11-01 Kerron Cross 2006

Tynwald is a bicameral legislature, comprising the House of Keys (directly elected by universal suffrage) and the Legislative Council (consisting of indirectly elected and ex officio members).

I'll Love Man... Kerron Cross 2006

The most interesting post on Thursday's House of Keys election is probably this one in the Guardian.

Manx Election and Immigration Kerron Cross 2006

Tynwald is a bicameral legislature, comprising the House of Keys (directly elected by universal suffrage) and the Legislative Council (consisting of indirectly elected and ex officio members).

Archive 2006-07-01 Kerron Cross 2006

Bishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and 8 others named by the House of Keys

The 1995 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and 8 others named by the House of Keys

The 1996 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency