legislative assembly

noun, often capitalized L&A

|Updated on: 24 Apr 2018

Definition of legislative assembly

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

Recent Examples of legislative assembly from the Web

Supporters hope to bring a vote before the legislative Assembly’s term finishes at the end of April, and before the new, more conservative Assembly that was elected last month is seated.

— elisabeth malkin, New York Times, "They Were Jailed for Miscarriages. Now, Campaign Aims to End Abortion Ban.," 9 Apr. 2018
The president-elect will need to negotiate with a highly fragmented legislative assembly.

— amy erica smith, Vox, "Is Costa Rica’s presidential election a victory for liberalism?," 2 Apr. 2018
After attempts of liberalization in the 1990s and early 2000s, controversial national elections in 2005 resulted in the opposition taking one-third of the seats in the national legislative assembly.

— lovise aalen, Washington Post, "Why is Ethiopia in upheaval? This brief history explains a lot.," 17 Feb. 2018
The winning party needs to take 92 seats in the 182-seat legislative assembly.

— Washington Post, "Indian state of Gujarat votes in crucial local elections," 9 Dec. 2017
Milena Calderon de Escalon, the former president’s sister and a legislative assembly member who belongs to his right-wing party, the Nationalist Republican Alliance, confirmed his death to the Associated Press.

— emily langer, Washington Post, "Armando Calderon Sol, first president to lead El Salvador after its civil war, dies at 69," 10 Oct. 2017
Its residents elect their own legislative assembly, a governor, and a representative to the U.S. House of Representatives.

— alan gomez, USA TODAY, "Yes, Puerto Rico is part of the United States," 26 Sep. 2017

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First Known Use of legislative assembly

1657

in the meaning defined at sense 3

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