legislature definition

See also: législature

English legislature definition

1676, from stem of legislator + -ure, cognate with (French): législature

legislature (plural legislatures)

A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:legislature
1. (Canada) The legislative assembly of a province or territory, as opposed to the federal parliament.
(Canada) A legislative building.

governmental body

Armenian: օրենսդիր մարմին (ōrensdir marmin), օրենսդիր (hy) (ōrensdir)
Belarusian: заканада́ўчая ўла́да f (zakanadáŭčaja ŭláda)
Bulgarian: законодателна власт (zakonodatelna vlast)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 立法機關 (zh), 立法机关 (zh) (lìfǎ jīguān)
Czech: zákonodárný sbor m, legislatura f, zákonodárná moc f
Danish: lovgivende forsamling c
Dutch: wetgevende macht (nl) f or m
Finnish: lainsäädäntöelin
French: corps législatif m, assemblée législative (fr) f
Georgian: საკანონმდებლო (saḳanonmdeblo), საკანონმდებლო ორგანო (saḳanonmdeblo organo), საკანონმდებლო ხელისუფლება (saḳanonmdeblo xelisupleba), ლეგისლატურა (legislaṭura)
German: Legislative (de) f, gesetzgebende Gewalt f
Greek: νομοθετικό σώμα n (nomothetikó sóma)
Hausa: majalisa (ha)
Japanese: 立法府 (りっぽうふ, rippofu)
Khmer: នីតិបញ្ញត្តិ (niitebaññat)

Korean: 입법부(立法府) (ipbeopbu), 립법부(立法府) (ripbeopbu) (North Korea)
Maori: rūnanga hanga ture
Navajo: naatʼááh bá hooghan
Norman: législatuthe f
Persian: مجلس‎ (fa), پارلمان‎ (fa)
Polish: legislatura (pl) f, legislatywa f, władza ustawodawcza f
Portuguese: legislatura (pt) f
Romanian: corp legislativ (ro) n
Russian: законода́тельная власть f (zakonodátelʹnaja vlastʹ), законода́тельный о́рган m (zakonodátelʹnyj órgan), заксобрание (ru) n (zaksobranije)
Slovak: zákonodarná moc f, legislatúra f
Spanish: legislatura f
Swedish: lagstiftande församling c, legislatur c
Tagalog: batasan
Thai: สภานิติบัญญัติ (sà-paa-ní-dtì-ban-yàt)
Ukrainian: законода́вча вла́да (uk) f (zakonodávča vláda)
Vietnamese: cơ quan lập pháp

legislature at OneLook Dictionary Search
“legislature” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

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