The Norwegian parliament, the "Storting", has historically been divided into two chambers named the "Lagting" and the "Odelsting", which translates loosely into the "Thing of the Law" and the "Thing of the Allodial rights". However, for much of the Storting's recent history, the division into Lagting and Odelsting has been mostly ceremonial, and the Storting has generally operated as a unicameral parliament. A constitutional amendment passed in February 2007 abolished the Lagting and Odelsting, making this "de facto" unicameralism official following the 2009 election.