legislative council
noun
often capitalized L&C
1
: a permanent committee chosen from both houses that meets between sessions of a state legislature to study state problems and plan a legislative program
2
: a unicameral legislature (as in a British colony)
3
: the upper house of a British bicameral legislature
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Cook couldn't attend a request to testify before the legislative council regarding Parks' death because of a graduation ceremony in Northwest Arkansas, documents show. 
Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2022 In February 2019, Hong Kong’s Security Bureau, which Lee was by then leading, delivered a paper to the legislative council’s security panel outlining why changes were necessary to the city’s extradition policies. Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022 One of the restrictions put in place was a system of extensive vetting of candidates for chief executive and the city’s legislative council. New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022 The accounts’ first wave of coordinated posts pushed Beijing’s stance that Hong Kong’s legislative council elections were legitimate, though critics have called the vote a sham. New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022 As a member of the Oregon Territory’s legislative council in the 1840s, and later as a delegate to the 1857 constitutional convention, Applegate blocked attempts to allow slavery in Oregon. oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2021 Opposition activists, hoping to build on that success, held a primary vote in 2020 to select the best candidates for the legislative council elections. Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2021 One of the new laws requires a legislative council to approve the secretary of state entering into a consent decree. Fredreka Schouten, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021 One of the new laws requires a legislative council to approve the secretary of state entering into a consent decree. Fredreka Schouten, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021 See More
Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2022 In February 2019, Hong Kong’s Security Bureau, which Lee was by then leading, delivered a paper to the legislative council’s security panel outlining why changes were necessary to the city’s extradition policies. Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022 One of the restrictions put in place was a system of extensive vetting of candidates for chief executive and the city’s legislative council. New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022 The accounts’ first wave of coordinated posts pushed Beijing’s stance that Hong Kong’s legislative council elections were legitimate, though critics have called the vote a sham. New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022 As a member of the Oregon Territory’s legislative council in the 1840s, and later as a delegate to the 1857 constitutional convention, Applegate blocked attempts to allow slavery in Oregon. oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2021 Opposition activists, hoping to build on that success, held a primary vote in 2020 to select the best candidates for the legislative council elections. Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2021 One of the new laws requires a legislative council to approve the secretary of state entering into a consent decree. Fredreka Schouten, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021 One of the new laws requires a legislative council to approve the secretary of state entering into a consent decree. Fredreka Schouten, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1787, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Legal Definition
legislative council
noun
often capitalized L&C
: a permanent committee chosen from both houses that meets between sessions of a state legislature to study problems and plan a legislative program