legislative assembly
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈlɛdʒɪsleɪtɪv əˈsɛmblɪ/
- Formal
:
asamblea legislativa
- The new law was passed after a lengthy debate in the legislative assembly.
- member of the legislative assembly
- state legislative assembly
- national legislative assembly
And what that meant was that an abusive authority would be called out by some legislative assembly.
- And what that meant was that an abusive authority would be called out by some legislative assembly.
Examples
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Legislative assembly debates that preceded the adoption of the bill were extensive and often emotional.
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The legislative assembly decided the salaries of its members, and Matanzima was able to become the most highly paid official in South Africa.
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In this Act, more powers were given to the Governor General and fewer powers were given to the legislative assembly.
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Georgia had no governor or legislative assembly during the Trustee period.
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Political parties were retained, and a national legislative assembly was established to arrange for a new constitution and elections.
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The legislative assemblies enjoy only symbolic power.
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The legislative assemblies hold prayers every day before they start business.
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The Good Friday Agreement established a 108-member legislative assembly elected by popular vote in Northern Ireland using the single transferable vote system.
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Over the last few decades, only in Kuwait and Bahrain were legislative assemblies elected, and then quickly suspended.
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The charter omitted any reference to the creation of a legislative assembly, in marked contrast to the practice in the other British American colonies at the time.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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3.5
The group of people who make and pass a country's laws
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5.3
A group of people who make and change the laws of a country or region
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7.2
An official group of elected people who make laws
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4.5
An official group of people who make and change laws for a country or state
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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
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'legislative' (relating to making laws) modifies 'assembly' (a gathering of people), yielding an assembly concerned with lawmaking. This adjective+noun structure is common and has clear equivalents across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Legislative assembly comes from two simple words: legislative, meaning 'to make laws', and assembly, meaning 'a group who meet'. So it paints the image of elected people meeting to make, change, or end laws, which is why it means an official group that has the power to make laws today.