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Categories: Church of Scotland, Ecclesiastical polities, Legislatures, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia

legislature legislative assembly legislative body general assembly law-makers

Persons who make or amend or repeal laws WordNet 3.0

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Persons who make or amend or repeal laws WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city. Wikipedia

Kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws Wikidata

The department, assembly, or body of persons that makes statutory laws for a state or nation. OmegaWiki

A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power. Wiktionary

A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state. Wiktionary (translation)

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

Governmental body. Wiktionary (translation)

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. Wiktionary

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assembly

deliberative assembly

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