| 单词 | legislative council |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslegislative council legislative council n. Politics a council that has the power to legislate; a national, state, or provincial legislature; spec. (in some Commonwealth countries, now esp. Australia and India) the upper house of a bicameral state or provincial parliament (cf. legislative assembly n.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] mootOE councilc1275 mootingc1275 dayc1300 assembly1366 consistoryc1374 house1389 parliamentc1390 convention1554 synodal1573 synod1578 synedrion1581 convenement1603 gemot1643 consessus1646 legislative council1651 national assembly1702 council-general1817 concilium1834 runanga1857 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] hustinga1030 Great Councilc1275 council1297 parliamentc1300 privy councilc1390 divan1586 Council of State1611 legislative council1651 1651 R. Watson Ακολουθος: Second Faire Warning xiii. 194 The prærogative of the King either solitarie or in conjunction with what persons soever he pleas'd to make his Legislative Councel. 1797 Provinc. Statutes Lower-Canada II. 20 Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Lower-Canada. 1836 Christian Advocate 15 Feb. 55/1 Laws..framed by legislative councils and congresses, are the measures by which the portion of American Africans is meted out. 1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen vii. 151 The Legislative Council... has become a mere body for registering the edicts of the Governor-General. 1873 A. Trollope Aust. & N.Z. I. 245 The Upper House, or Legislative Council, in Sydney is dignified and conservative. 1902 G. S. Whitmore Last Maori War iii. 28 I had..resumed my seat in the Legislative Council. 1986 Canberra Times 3 Mar. 2/4 The legislation was defeated by the then Liberal-dominated Legislative Council. 2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 25 In local affairs the eight-member, elected Legislative Council..exercises considerable power. < as lemmas |
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