Definitions of legislature [ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪ tʃər]

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Definition of 'legislature'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) legislature
a deliberative body of persons, usu. elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judiciary.

Definition of 'legislature'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) legislature, legislative assembly, legislative body, general assembly, law-makers
persons who make or amend or repeal laws

Definition of 'legislature'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) legislature
the body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body

Translation of 'legislature'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the part of the government which has the power of making laws.
Afrikaans: wetgewing	Arabic: هَيْئَة تَشْريعِيَّه	Bulgarian: законодателна власт
Brazilian: legislatura	Czech: zákonodárný sbor	German: die Legislative
Danish: lovgivende myndighed	Greek: νομοθετικό σώμα	Spanish: cuerpo legislativo
Estonian: seadusandlik kogu	Farsi: مجلس قانونگذار	Finnish: lainsäädäntöelin
French: corps législatif	Hebrew: רָשוּת מְחוֹקֶקֶת	Hindi: विधान मण्डल
Croatian: zakonodavstvo	Hungarian: törvényhozó testület	Indonesian: dewan legislatif
Icelandic: löggjafi, löggjafarsamkun	Italian: corpo legislativo, assemb	Japanese: 立法機関
Korean: 입법 기관	Lithuanian: įstatymų leidžiamoji vald	Latvian: likumdevēja vara
Malay: badan perundangan	Dutch: wetgevende macht	Norwegian: lovgivende forsamling
Polish: ciało ustawodawcze	Persian: مجلس قانونگذار	Pashto: د قانون جوړونى مجلس
Portuguese: legislatura	Romanian: corp legislativ	Russian: законодательный орган
Slovak: zákonodarný zbor	Slovenian: zakonodajno telo	Serbian: zakonodavno telo
Swedish: lagstiftande församling	Thai: สภานิติบัญญัติ	Turkish: yasama kurulu, millet mec
Taiwanese: 立法機關	Ukrainian: законодавча влада; законо	Urdu: کسی ریاست کا قانون ساز اد
Vietnamese: cơ quan lập pháp	Chinese: 立法机关
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