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legislature

/lej-is-ley-cher/US // ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪ tʃər //UK // (ˈlɛdʒɪsˌleɪtʃə) //

立法机关,立法机构,立法部门,议会

Related Words

body尸体chamber分室,分分室parliament议会,国会,国会议员house房屋,房子,房子里,房子里的assembly集合,集会,集结,集合体congress大会,议会,国会,国议会diet饮食,节食,饮食方面,饮食疗法council理事会,委员会,议会,理事senate参议院,元老院,元老会,议院plenum冧实,冧实的,冧实是,冧实的是lawmakers立法者,立法者们,立法机构,立法会议员house of representatives众议院,议院,议员院

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a deliberative body of persons, usually 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 judicial branches of government.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noungovernmental body, most often elected, that makes laws
Synonyms
body尸体chamber分室,分分室house房屋,房子,房子里,房子里的parliament议会,国会,国会议员assembly集合,集会,集结,集合体congress大会,议会,国会,国议会council理事会,委员会,议会,理事diet饮食,节食,饮食方面,饮食疗法plenum冧实,冧实的,冧实是,冧实的是senate参议院,元老院,元老会,议院house of representatives众议院,议院,议员院voice of the people人民的声音,人民之声,人民的心声,人民的呼声

Examples

  • Tech lawyers and digital data and privacy pros are watching closely as privacy bills move through state legislatures.

  • She said a similar bill passed the House last year before the legislature abruptly adjourned its session due to the coronavirus.

  • Two bills before the legislature would make such records available.

  • Duncan said the figure would become public record once the council submitted it to the legislature.

  • The part-time legislature meets for 60 days during even-numbered years.

  • At the time (and until 1913), U.S. senators were not popularly elected but were selected by the state legislature.

  • Two years ago in Michigan, she oversaw AFP operations to help the Republican-controlled legislature pass sweeping anti-union laws.

  • I think he would have been happy with a Democratic legislature.

  • The politics look potentially most amenable in Pennsylvania, and even there a GOP legislature has to go along.

  • Nearly 900,000 with subsidized insurance, but a GOP governor and very GOP legislature.

  • He held various civil offices, was a justice of the peace about 60 years, and for many years a member of the state legislature.

  • Statute law or statutes mean the laws enacted by the state legislature and by the federal congress.

  • The Imperial Parliament will never concede that right, nor will any Legislature similarly constituted.

  • This higher authority, which no legislature could "overleap without destroying its own foundation," was the British Constitution.

  • More recently general statutes have been enacted whereby individuals may form such corporations without the aid of a legislature.

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