legislative body

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legislative body - persons who make or amend or repeal laws law-makers, legislative assembly, legislature, 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