legislature
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈlɛdʒɪsleɪtʃər/
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legislatura
- Our state legislature has passed a statute, and the law seems very clear.
- the legislature passed
- legislature passed a law
- legislature voted
So no single sex legislatures, no single sex families.
- So no single sex legislatures, no single sex families.
- Its incessant bullying by the Texas Legislature is directly harming children.
- And there's seven other states that the state legislatures are looking at bills to ban it.
- We've been to legislatures and parliaments.
- Is forgiveness between people something so worthwhile that government courts, legislatures, juries, public officials ought to encourage it?
- Now last year the California legislature threw out the felony murder rule and revised it.
- So he worked in Trenton building relationships with people in the Legislature and working on public policy and lobbying for clients.
- A very conservative Republican dominated legislature and state.
- I think you should have the law changed by legislature.
- So we can push back if we have the will in state legislatures to do so.
Examples
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I go to the Texas Legislature, meet with the guy, have a nice conversation.
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Female representation in state legislatures has grown from 2 percent in 1971 to 28 percent today.
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Not too long after, in late April, however, the legislature did come through with some farm aid.
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And then the task of the legislature and the governor was to agree on new maps.
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Legislature passed a new bill.
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The legislature passed the Equalization of Opportunity Bill.
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The same day, the Nevada legislature approved a bill to ban job discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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We wanted to win our autonomy, we wanted to win our body, we wanted to win the right to our voice, we wanted to get our bills passed in the legislature.
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And because Republican state lawmakers met with Giuliani last week, the entire Arizona legislature is now shut down.
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The New York legislature approved a new law to improve public transportation.
Synonyms
449
3.5
The group of people who make and pass a country's laws
196
4.2
A group of people who meet to make official decisions
166
7.2
An official group of elected people who make laws
28
2.5
The part of the United States government that makes laws, made of the Senate and the House of Representatives
14
8.2
The national parliament of Israel that makes laws and checks the government
14
3.6
The part of government that makes laws
8
4.5
An official group of people who make and change laws for a country or state
8
3.5
A group that makes laws for the United Kingdom with two parts, Commons and Lords
5
3.7
The national group of elected people who make and change laws
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4.9
A group of representatives who make and change laws for a state or organization
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6.8
A group of people who make laws for a state or country
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5.4
A group of elected people who make and change laws for a country or region
Compounds
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6.6
A body that makes laws with two separate houses, for example a Senate and a lower house
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Etymology
Legislature comes from the Latin root legis meaning 'law', and you can see the same root in legal. So a legislature is the group or 'body' that makes, changes, or removes 'laws'.