Another word for legislature
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Noun
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- Plural form of lawmaker
- A session of this legislature
- An assembly or conference; specif., a formal assembly of representatives, as from various nations or churches, to discuss problems
- The two-year session of this legislature between elections of the House of Representatives.
- A representative body having supreme legislative powers within a state or multinational organization.
- The national legislative body of Great Britain, composed of the House of Commons and the House of Lords
- An official or formal conference or council, usually concerned with government or public affairs
- A hall for the meetings of a legislative or other assembly.
- A room in a house, especially a bedroom.
- A board or council.
- An assembly or a council of citizens having the highest deliberative and legislative functions in a government, specifically:
- (Literally) A council of elders
- The building or hall in which such a council or assembly meets.
- A legislative or deliberative assembly.
- A family line including ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble family:
- A facility, such as a theater or restaurant, that provides entertainment or food for the public:
- The lower house of the legislature of the U.S., certain other countries, and most of the states of the U.S.
- The name of the lower house in the bicameral legislatures of several countries, also used of some singular legislative bodies in unicameral systems.
- The lower house of the US Congress and of most state legislatures.
- A body of delegates from local units of a union, confederation, etc.
- An assembly of persons called together for consultation, deliberation, or discussion.
- The discussion or deliberation in a council
- Any of the various governing councils that performed executive and legislative functions in the Soviet Union: in structure the soviets formed a pyramid, with the village and town soviets as its base and the as its apex
- One of the popularly elected legislative assemblies that were created after the Russian Revolution (1917) and existed at local, regional, and national levels in the former Soviet Union.
- Any similar council in a socialist governing system
- A space lying above the ceiling in a building but below the next floor, especially one allowing movement of air between parts of the building.
- An assembly or meeting with all members present.
- A full or general assembly, as of all members of a legislative body
- Something used, enjoyed, or provided regularly:
- A national or local legislative assembly in certain countries, such as Japan.
- (Scot.) A day's session of an assembly
- A legislative body consisting of two chambers or houses.
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