legislature
noun /ˈledʒɪslətʃə(r)/
/ˈledʒɪsleɪtʃər/
(formal)- a group of people who have the power to make and change laws
- a democratically elected legislature
- the national/state legislature
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1, Politicsc1- She is the youngest woman to be elected to the national legislature.
- The legislature comprises a 212-member Chamber of Deputies elected for a four-year term.
- The legislature passed a law to prohibit the dumping of nuclear waste.
- The legislature voted narrowly to table a motion of no-confidence in the government.
- Each province has its own elected governor and legislature.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bicameral
- unicameral
- 109-member
- …
- be elected to
- approve something
- enact something
- pass something
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from legislation, on the pattern of judicature.