legislative assembly

legislative assembly

n (often capitals) 1. (Law) the bicameral legislature in 28 states of the US2. (Law) the lower chamber of the bicameral state legislatures in several Commonwealth countries, such as Australia3. (Law) the unicameral legislature in most Canadian provinces4. (Law) any assembly with legislative powers

leg′islative assem′bly

n. (often caps.) 1. a bicameral legislature, as in certain U.S. states. 2. the lower house in a bicameral legislature. 3. a unicameral legislature, as in most Canadian provinces.

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legislative assembly - persons who make or amend or repeal lawslaw-makers, legislative body, legislature, general assemblyscrutin uninomial system, scrutin uninominal voting system, single-member system, uninominal system, uninominal voting system - based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral districtauthorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"senate - assembly possessing high legislative powersCongress, U.S. Congress, United States Congress, US Congress - the legislature of the United States governmenthouse - an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses"legislative council - a unicameral legislatureassembly - a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purposecongress - a national legislative assemblydiet - a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)parliament - a legislative assembly in certain countriesDuma - a legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics in the former USSRsergeant at arms, serjeant-at-arms - an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commandsappropriation - money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose