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legislature

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. legislature (noun)
  2. representative legislature (noun)

leg·is·la·ture

noun
\ˈle-jəs-ˌlā-chər also ˌle-jəs-ˈ, British often ˈle-jəs-lə-\

Definition of LEGISLATURE

: a body of persons having the power to legislate; specifically : an organized body having the authority to make laws for a political unit
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Examples of LEGISLATURE

  1. Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts.
  2. Each state has its own legislature.

First Known Use of LEGISLATURE

1654

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

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