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legislature |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Without the concurrent consent of all three parts of the legislature, no law is or can be made --Sir M. Hale. Note: The legislature of Great Britain consists of the Lords and Commons, with the king or queen, whose sanction is necessary to every bill before it becomes a law. The legislatures of most of the United States consist of two houses or branches; but the sanction or consent of the governor is required to give their acts the force of law, or a concurrence of two thirds of the two houses after he has refused his sanction and assigned his objections. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Legislature \Legislature\, n. Note: The legislatures of some of the more important states having constitutional government are as follows, the general name (or a translation of it) of the legislative body collectively being given under the heading legislature, or parliament: From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: legislature n : persons who make or amend or repeal laws [syn: {legislative assembly}, {general assembly}, {law-makers}]
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