Legislative power

leg·is·la·ture (l

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An officially elected or otherwise selected body of people vested with the responsibility and power to make laws for a political unit, such as a state or nation.

legislature [ˈlɛdʒɪsˌleɪtʃə]

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a body of persons vested with power to make, amend, and repeal laws Compare executive, judiciary

Legislature a body of persons elected or invested with the power to make laws, 1676.

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Noun

legislature - persons who make or amend or repeal laws

law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, general assembly

scrutin uninomial system, scrutin uninominal voting system, single-member system, uninominal system, uninominal voting system - based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district

authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"

senate - assembly possessing high legislative powers

Congress, U.S. Congress, United States Congress, US Congress - the legislature of the United States government

house - an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses"

legislative council - a unicameral legislature

assembly - a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose

congress - a national legislative assembly

diet - a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)

parliament - a legislative assembly in certain countries

Duma - a legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics in the former USSR

sergeant at arms, serjeant-at-arms - an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands

appropriation - money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

legislature

noun parliament, house, congress, diet, senate, assembly, chamber, law-making body What are the proposals before the legislature?

Translations

legislature [ˈledʒɪslətʃəʳ] N → asamblea f legislativa, legislatura f (LAm)

legislature [ˈlɛdʒɪslətʃə^r] n → corps m législatif

legislature

n → Legislative f

legislature [ˈlɛdʒɪslətʃəʳ] n → organi mpl legislativi, potere m legislativo

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