legislature

leg·is·la·ture  (lj-slchr)

n.

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.

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legislature

Noun

a body of people authorized to make, amend, and repeal laws

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

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legislature

noun parliament, house, congress, diet, senate, assembly, chamber, law-making body

Translations

legislature [ˈlɛdʒɪslətʃəʳ] n → cuerpo legislativo

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legislature [ˈlɛdʒɪslətʃəʳ] n → corps législatif

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legislature [ˈlɛdʒɪslətʃəʳ] legislate n → Legislative f

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legislature [ˈlɛdʒɪslətʃəʳ] n → corpo legislativo