In most legislative bodies, including Congress a conference committee occurs when each house has passed their version of a particular bill. The committee of conference is conv â¦ ened to come up with a compromise that both houses can agree on and approve.
Manor house A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes.
The term castle needs a little defining. Some fortified manors of the late Middle Ages are graced with the name âcastleâ, when in fact they are largely domestic structures. For the purposes of this list Iâll define a castle as a structure built with defense in mind.