legislature
21legislature — [[t]le̱ʤɪslətʃə(r), AM leɪ [/t]] legislatures N COUNT: usu the N in sing The legislature of a particular state or country is the group of people in it who have the power to make and pass laws. [FORMAL] The proposals before the legislature include …
22legislature — legislation, legislature Both words date from the 17c. Legislation is the process of making laws, and the legislature is the body (or group of bodies) that makes them …
23legislature — The branch of government in which policy issues are discussed and assessed and public policies enacted by legislators. In an indirect democracy, representation is a key function of legislatures. Most are elected bodies, whose members act on …
24legislature — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. congress, parliament. See council. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lawmakers, congress, parliament, chamber, assembly, senate, house, house of representatives, council, soviet, plenum, law making body, diet,… …
25legislature — noun (C) an institution that has the power to make or change laws: the Iowa state legislature compare executive 1 (2), judiciary …
26legislature — leg•is•la•ture [[t]ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪ tʃər[/t]] n. 1) gov a deliberative body of persons, usu. elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as… …
27legislature — Aha ōlelo, aha ōlelo kau kānāwai, aha kau kānāwai. ♦ Session of the legislature, aha kau kānāwai, kau aha ōlelo …
28legislature — The department, assembly, or body of persons that makes statutory laws for a state or nation. At the federal level, and in most states, the legislature is bicameral in structure, usually consisting of two branches; i.e. upper house (Senate) and… …
29legislature — The department, assembly, or body of persons that makes statutory laws for a state or nation. At the federal level, and in most states, the legislature is bicameral in structure, usually consisting of two branches; i.e. upper house (Senate) and… …
30legislature — Broadly, any body having legislative power. One of the three branches of state government, the law making branch, usually consisting of two bodies, a senate and a house of representatives made up of members representing districts and elected… …
