legislative body
A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often…A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power.
» The Bundestag, the German legislative body, meets in the Reichstag building in Berlin.
Der Bundestag tagt im Reichstag in Berlin.
Meaning
2 sensesA 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
Gesetzgebungsorgan
законода́тельный о́рганzakonodátelʹnyj órgan
Its equivalent, exercising legislative power at a substate administrative level.
- persons who make or amend or repeal laws
Examples
1 sentencesThe Bundestag, the German legislative body, meets in the Reichstag building in Berlin.
deDer Bundestag tagt im Reichstag in Berlin. — Waldelfe
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
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Forms
plural: legislative bodies| Singular | legislative body |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- persons who make or amend or repeal laws:legislaturelegislative assemblygeneral assemblylaw-makers