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Word:
legislature
IPA transcription: [l'ɛdʒəsl,eɪtʃɚ]
Pronunciations of legislature
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
legislature, legislative_assembly, legislative_body, general_assembly, law-makers
Meaning:
persons who make or amend or repeal laws
Usage examples
1838 to 1840--Reelected to State legislature.
Foster, the member of the Legislature from Tuskegee.
1858--Lost in the legislature the senatorship to Douglas.
The Legislature was still stiff-necked and perverse in regard to the system.
1834--Elected to State legislature as Whig. (Resides in Springfield till 1861.
He held it only long enough to secure a nomination to the Legislature in 1836.
This work taxed the energies of the Legislature in 1839, and for some years after.
It violates the principles of free government by subjecting the Judiciary to the Legislature.
The composition of the lower house of the State Legislature that was elected in 1871 was as follows:
In vain the legislature, foreseeing the wants which exist only among a corrupt people, permitted divorce.
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Harvey Milk
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James Madison
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Article One of the United States Constitution
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John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835)
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Thomas Jefferson
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Confederate government of Kentucky
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Island Beach, New Jersey
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History of New Jersey
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New York State Route 174
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