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HISTORIC USES

In this sense, it commonly refers to the ''Reichstag'' assemblies of the Holy Roman Empire ; see Reichstag (institution) , Diet Of Augsburg , Diet Of Nuremberg , Diet Of Regensburg , and Diet Of Worms .

The Riksdag Of The Estates was the diet of the four estates of Sweden , from the 15th century until 1866. The Diet Of Finland , was the successor to the Riksdag of the Estates in the Grand Duchy Of Finland , from 1809 to 1918.

The Swiss Diet was known as Tagsatzung .

In other countries the name of the comparable assembly came from the ''generality'' of The States :


CURRENT USES

In some democratic countries, the Legislative Branch of the country is known as the Diet. These countries include: