legislature | | |
n. (group) | 1. general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature | persons who make or amend or repeal laws. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ one-member, uninominal | based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature).; "a uninominal electoral system" |
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