Meaning

3 senses
  1. A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.

    state legislature

    bicameral legislature

    Legislative, gesetzgebende Gewalt

    законода́тельная властьzakonodátelʹnaja vlastʹ, законода́тельный о́рганzakonodátelʹnyj órgan, заксобра́ниеzaksobránije

    законода́вча вла́даzakonodávča vláda

    persons who make or amend or repeal laws

  2. A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.

    (Canada)The legislative assembly of a province or territory, as opposed to the federal parliament.

  3. (Canada)A legislative building.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. It has been shown in most studies on this subject that intervention of the legislature had adverse effects.

    Більшість досліджень із цієї теми показала, що законодавче втручання давало негативний ефект.

    ruБольшинство исследований по этой теме показали, что законодательное вмешательство давало негативный эффект.

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  2. The legislature has enacted sweeping laws.

    deDer Gesetzgeber hat weitgehende Gesetze erlassen.

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  3. The legislature enacted far-reaching laws.

    deDer Gesetzgeber hat weitgehende Gesetze erlassen.

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  4. The legislature has enacted far-reaching laws.

    deDer Gesetzgeber hat weitgehende Gesetze erlassen.

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  5. Statutory law is written and passed by a legislature.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws:
Русский
By meaning 1
governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws:

Origin

1676, from stem of legislator + -ure, cognate with French législature.

1676, from stem of legislator + -ure, cognate with French législature.

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Forms

plural: legislatures
Singularlegislature
Plurallegislatures

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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