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legislative body en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power.
   • Under unicameral constitutions the legislative bodies are single assemblies, in the bicameral Westminster model the legislative body is a parliament comprising two houses or chambers
2. Its equivalent, exercising legislative power at a substate administrative level.

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Relateds

legislative assembly

Translations (11)

sv lagstiftande församling (A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state) · ms badan perundangan (A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state) · gl corpo lexislativo (A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state) · de Gesetzgebungsorgan (A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state) · es cuerpo legislativo (A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state) · ro organ legislativ (A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state) · ro corp legislativ (A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state) · fi lainsäädäntöelin (A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state) · ru законода́тельный о́рган (A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state) · nl wetgevend orgaan (A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state) · ka საკანონმდებლო ორგანო (A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state)