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

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Pictures from the scene brought to mind the US Jan. 6 riots of 2021, when thousands of Donald Trump supporters attacked the country’s legislative assembly. —Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 9 Jan. 2023

During the last elections in 2017, the Congress Party made significant gains, winning 77 seats in the state’s 182-member legislative assembly compared with BJP’s 99 seats. —Krishna Pokharel, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022

The statement came in response to an earlier plea from the Framework calling on the parliament to convene, a move al-Sadr's supporters prevented by storming the legislative assembly in July. —Samya Kullab, ajc, 31 Aug. 2022

Also under scrutiny is the administration's plan to invite Juan Guaidó, the former head of Venezuela's legislative assembly, instead of President Nicolás Maduro, to the summit. —Missy Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2022

The emergency declaration gives him the authority to hire external cybersecurity experts without waiting for permission from the country’s legislative assembly, Weinstok said. —Kevin Collier, NBC News, 11 May 2022

Sinn Fein on Saturday secured a plurality of seats in Northern Ireland's legislative assembly, becoming the first Irish nationalist party to do so. —Grayson Quay, The Week, 8 May 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1657, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Legal Definition

legislative assembly

noun

often capitalized L&A

1

: a bicameral legislature

2

: the lower house of a bicameral legislature