Proposition (meeting of estates)
With the term proposition (lat. Conversation theme) were designated u from the High Middle Ages and the early modern period. a. a proposal or a series of demands and proposals (taxes, military campaigns, etc.) by a prince to the estates assembled in the state parliament (or Reichstag) of a territory, which should be discussed and decided upon.
At the Reichstag of the old Reich , the proposition was the "agenda" of the deliberations (i.e. their subject matter) set by the emperor or king , which was handed over to the estates for deliberation during the so-called " Reichsrat ". In practice , this right to propose, which was one of the imperial reservation rights , - in modern terms - was equivalent to a right to initiate legislation . The results of the discussion of the proposition were recorded in the state or Reichstag farewell.