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单词 legislature
释义 leg·is·la·ture
\ˈlejə̇ˌslāchə(r) sometimes ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
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Etymology: legislator + -ure
1. : a body of persons having the power to legislate; specifically : an organized body having the authority to make laws for a political unit and often exercising other functions (as control of the administration)
 < the legislature in every state except Nebraska is a bicameral … body — F.A.Ogg & P.O.Ray >
 < the imperial parliament is historically the supreme legislature of the king's dominions — Martin Wight >
— compare assembly 1a, congress 3, parliament, senate
2. obsolete : the exercise of the power or function of legislating : legislation 1
 < inconvenient to have both the legislature and the execution in the same hands — Gilbert Burnet >
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