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

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

 * 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
 * General Assembly, a fictional international council from the browser game NationStates