legislative assembly
noun
often capitalized L&A
1
: a bicameral legislature (as in an American state)
2
: the lower house of a bicameral legislature
3
: a unicameral legislature
especially
: one in a Canadian province
Examples of legislative assembly in a Sentence
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Last year, the legislative assembly approved a migration law meant to expedite citizenship to foreigners who support social and economic development programs by donating Bitcoin, Reuters reported.
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Michael Rios, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
In the absence of a legislative assembly, Abbas has ruled by decree for 15 years.
—Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
In 2006, Hamas triumphed over Fatah in legislative assembly elections, starting a deadly struggle between the two groups.
—Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
Yellowknife is also the capital of the Northwest Territories, and there are daily tours of the legislative assembly.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
For Jim Allister, the sole member of the legislative assembly from the Traditional Unionist Voice party, O’Neill hasn’t sufficiently distanced herself from IRA violence.
—Amanda Ferguson, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
The governor and legislative assembly of the US Virgin Islands offered to take in Jewish refugees; when the infamous refugee ship St. Louis sought haven in May 1939, Roosevelt could have let the passengers stay temporarily in the Virgin Islands.
—Rafael Medoff, The New York Review of Books, 22 June 2023
Members of the Congress party have also claimed Shukla was an aide to a BJP member of the legislative assembly, according to CNN affiliate CNN-News18.
—Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 7 July 2023
On Thursday, the longtime Democratic state lawmaker from Lowell stood before the chamber to move a host of routine matters down the legislative assembly line: liquor licenses for Beverly and Westborough, a property rehabilitation fund for Athol, city clerk appointments in Gardner.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
Michael Rios, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
In the absence of a legislative assembly, Abbas has ruled by decree for 15 years.
—Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
In 2006, Hamas triumphed over Fatah in legislative assembly elections, starting a deadly struggle between the two groups.
—Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
Yellowknife is also the capital of the Northwest Territories, and there are daily tours of the legislative assembly.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
For Jim Allister, the sole member of the legislative assembly from the Traditional Unionist Voice party, O’Neill hasn’t sufficiently distanced herself from IRA violence.
—Amanda Ferguson, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
The governor and legislative assembly of the US Virgin Islands offered to take in Jewish refugees; when the infamous refugee ship St. Louis sought haven in May 1939, Roosevelt could have let the passengers stay temporarily in the Virgin Islands.
—Rafael Medoff, The New York Review of Books, 22 June 2023
Members of the Congress party have also claimed Shukla was an aide to a BJP member of the legislative assembly, according to CNN affiliate CNN-News18.
—Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 7 July 2023
On Thursday, the longtime Democratic state lawmaker from Lowell stood before the chamber to move a host of routine matters down the legislative assembly line: liquor licenses for Beverly and Westborough, a property rehabilitation fund for Athol, city clerk appointments in Gardner.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
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