Meaning Of The Word Legislature

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Legislature Meaning

Legislature Definition
Legislature Definition

What's The Definition Of Legislature?

legislature
countable noun: The legislature of a particular state or country is the group of people in it who have the power to make and pass laws.

legislature in American English
a body of persons given the responsibility and power to make laws for a country or state; specif., the lawmaking body of a state, corresponding to the U.S. Congress
noun: a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government

legislature in British English
noun: a body of persons vested with power to make, amend, and repeal laws

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