legislature

legislature
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. congress, parliament. See council.
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(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. lawmakers, congress, parliament, chamber, assembly, senate, house, house of representatives, council, soviet, plenum, law-making body, diet, voice of the people, duly constituted legislative body, bicameral legislature; see also authority 3 , bureaucracy 1 , government 1 , 2 .
Important legislatures include: Congress of the United States, Parliament of Great BRitain, National Assembly of France, Supreme Soviet and Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation, United Nations Assembly, Riksdag of Sweden, Congresso Nacional of Brazil, National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, Parliament of Canada, Federal Parliament of Australia, Parliament of the Union of South Africa, Oireachtas of Ireland, Knesset of Israel, Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Congreso Nacional of Argentina, Eduskunta of Finland, Congreso of Mexico, Nationalrat of Switzerland, House of Representatives of New Zealand, Congreso Nacional of Chile, National Assembly of Cuba, Diet of Japan, Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea.
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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
congress, senate, house of representatives, parliament, assembly, council. see congress, politics

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  • législature — [ leʒislatyr ] n. f. • 1741; « législation » 1636; de législateur, d apr. l angl. legislature 1 ♦ Rare Le corps législatif d un pays. ⇒ assemblée, parlement. 2 ♦ (1791) Cour. Période durant laquelle une assemblée législative exerce ses pouvoirs.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • legislature — le‧gis‧la‧ture [ˈledʒsleɪtʆə, lətʆə ǁ ər] noun [countable] LAW an institution that has the power to make or change laws, for example a parliament: • the Iowa state legislature * * * legislature UK US /ˈledʒɪslətʃʊər/ US  / tʃɚ/ noun [C]… …   Financial and business terms

  • Legislature — Leg is*la ture (l[e^]j [i^]s*l[=a] t[ u]r; 135), n. [Cf. F. l[ e]gislature.] The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body. [1913 Webster] Without the concurrent consent of all three… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • legislature — leg·is·la·ture / le jəs ˌlā chər, ˌchu̇r/ n: a body of persons having the power to legislate; specif: an organized body having the authority to make laws for a political unit (as a nation or state) compare executive, judiciary Merriam Webster’s… …   Law dictionary

  • Legislature — Législature Une législature est le mandat d’un parlement, c est également la durée de ce mandat depuis l installation d une assemblée législative jusqu à l expiration de ses pouvoirs. Listes de législatures Liste des législatures allemandes Liste …   Wikipédia en Français

  • legislature — 1670s; see LEGISLATOR (Cf. legislator) + URE (Cf. ure) …   Etymology dictionary

  • legislature — [n] governmental body, most often elected, that makes laws assembly, body, chamber, congress, council, diet, house, house of representatives, lawmakers, parliament, plenum, senate, voice of the people; concept 299 …   New thesaurus

  • legislature — ► NOUN ▪ the legislative body of a state …   English terms dictionary

  • legislature — [lej′islā΄chər] n. [see LEGISLATOR & URE] a body of persons given the responsibility and power to make laws for a country or state; specif., the lawmaking body of a state, corresponding to the U.S. Congress …   English World dictionary

  • Legislature — A legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to create, amend, and change laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law.Legislatures are known by many names, the most common being… …   Wikipedia

  • legislature — n. 1) to convene a legislature 2) to disband, dismiss, dissolve a legislature 3) a bicameral legislature * * * [ ledʒɪsleɪtʃə] dismiss dissolve a legislature a bicameral legislature to convene a legislature to disband …   Combinatory dictionary

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