legislature

noun

Definition of legislaturenext
as in legislative
a group of people with the power to make or change laws Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts. Each state has its own legislature. state legislatures

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Recent Examples of legislature However, the Miami Association of Realtors revealed in a report released last month that the majority of South Florida condo associations across the three counties failed to complete SIRS as required by the state legislature. — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025 Gillett’s supporters in the legislature and the governor’s office have fought efforts to put Fonfara on PURA, with some saying such an appointment would dilute her ability to direct decisions by the multi-member authority. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025 Medical examiner records and autopsies tied to criminal investigations could be shielded from public access in North Carolina under a proposal advancing through the state legislature. — Lucille Sherman, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025 It was placed up there late on March 7 as the state legislature was wrapping up. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for legislature
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  1. legislative
  2. parliament
  3. house
  4. congress
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  • With Republicans currently controlling both houses of Congress by thin margins, significant legislative could certainly follow, but could still prove difficult on some hot button issues.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • As Abbott did Texas, Governor Lee then engaged a number of state legislatives races during the 2024 cycle in order to help candidates who support school choice beat those who oppose it.
    — Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of legislative
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  • Hundreds also gathered outside CHP’s headquarters in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, as the party’s lawmakers protested inside the parliament, disrupting proceedings before marching out.
    — Mehmet Guzel and Suzan Fraser, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • In order to actually run for president in early elections, parliament will have to make the call, according to Article 116 of the constitution.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of parliament
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  • Fauna, which is filled with beautiful tilework and flooded with daytime light, is meant to evoke the style and casual warmth of a Catalan bourgeois house.
    — Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Affleck purchased his own $20.5 million house in Los Angeles on July 24, 2024.
    — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of house
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  • As this congress made clear, Xi wants to demonstrate that the CCP under his leadership has both the audacity and the capacity to translate this bold new vision into reality.
    — Kevin Rudd, Foreign Affairs, 9 Nov. 2022
  • In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, Ocalan said that the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, should hold a congress and decide to disband.
    — ROBERT BADENDIECK AND SUZAN FRASER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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