legislature 音标拼音: [l'ɛdʒəsl
, etʃɚ]
n . 立法机关,议会,立法院
立法机关,议会,立法院
legislature n 1 :
persons who make or amend or repeal laws [
synonym :
{
legislature }, {
legislative assembly }, {
legislative body },
{
general assembly }, {
law -
makers }]
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gislature .]
The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws ;
a legislative body .
[
1913 Webster ]
Without the concurrent consent of all three parts of the legislature ,
no law is ,
or can be ,
made . --
Sir M .
Hale .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The legislature of Great Britain consists of the Lords and Commons ,
with the king or queen ,
whose sanction is necessary to every bill before it becomes a law .
The legislatures of most of the United States consist of two houses or branches ;
but the sanction or consent of the governor is required to give their acts the force of law ,
or a concurrence of two thirds of the two houses after he has refused his sanction and assigned his objections .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The legislatures of some of the more important states having constitutional government are as follows ,
the general name (
or a translation of it )
of the legislative body collectively being given under the heading legislature ,
or parliament :
StateLegislature ,
or parliamentUpper House [
colret ]
NameNumber of members --
how chosen or composed --
term of officeLower House [
colret ]
NameNumber of members --
suffrage --
term of office -----------------------------------------------------------------
ArgentinaNational CongressSenate30 --
2 from each provincew and 2 from capital --
9 yearsHouse of Deputies120 (
1 to 33 ,
000 ) --
Manhood --
4 years AustriaReichsrath BelgiumThe Chambers BrazilNational Congress ChileNational Congress DenmarkRigsdag FranceNational Assembly German EmpireImperial legislature *
Great BritainParliamentHouse of LordsAbout 600House of CommonsAbout 670 --
7 years ,
or until dissolution Greece HungaryOrz ['
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General #
NorwayStorthing PortugalCortes Geraes (
general Assembly )
PrussiaLandtagHerrenhausNo limit --
very various classes --
For different termsAbgeordnetenhaus433 --
Indirect election ,
general suffrage [
sect ] --
5 years ,
or until dissolution SpainCortes SwedenDiet SwitzerlandBundesversammlung United StatesCongressSenate92 (
1908 ) --
6 yearsHouse of Representatives391 (
1908 ) --
2 years .
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In the self -
governing colonies of Great Britain the legislative body usually consists of two chambers ,
the names of the legislature and the chambers varying .
Thus in Australia the Federal Parliament is composed of the Senate and the House of Commons ,
in New Zealand the General Assembly is composed of the Legislative Council and the House of Representatives ,
etc . #
Members of the Storthing are chosen for three years by direct election by manhood suffrage ,
forty -
one being elected from the towns and eighty -
two from the rural districts .
The Storthing on assembling divides into the Lagthing including one fourth and the Odelsthing including three fourths of the total membership of the Storthing .
All new laws are laid first before the Odelsthing .
If the two houses do not agree they vote in joint session ,
a majority of two thirds of those voting being necessary to a decision . [
sect ]
While theoretically general ,
the suffrage is so classified as often practically to disfranchise those who are not property holders .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "
legislature ":
British Cabinet ,
Sanhedrin ,
US Cabinet ,
act ,
advisory body ,
assembly ,
association ,
bench ,
board ,
body of advisers ,
borough council ,
brain trust ,
cabinet ,
camarilla ,
chamber ,
city council ,
common council ,
concurrent resolution ,
conference ,
congress ,
constitution ,
consultative assembly ,
council ,
council fire ,
council of ministers ,
council of state ,
council of war ,
county council ,
court ,
deliberative assembly ,
diet ,
directory ,
divan ,
enaction ,
enactment ,
joint resolution ,
junta ,
kitchen cabinet ,
lawmaking ,
legislation ,
parish council ,
passage ,
passing ,
privy council ,
resolution ,
soviet ,
staff ,
syndicate ,
synod ,
tribunal LEGISLATURE ,
government .
That body of men in the state which has the power of making laws .
2 .
By the Constitution of the United States ,
art .
1 ,
s .
1 ,
all legislative powers granted by it are vested in a congress of the United States ,
which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives .
3 .
It requires the consent of a majority of each branch of the legislature in order to enact a law ,
and then it must be approved by the president of the United States ,
or in case of his refusal ,
by two -
thirds of each house .
Const .
U .
S .
art .
1 ,
s .
7 ,
2 .
4 .
Most of the constitutions of the several states ,
contain provisions nearly similar to this .
In general ,
the legislature will not exercise judicial functions ;
yet the use of supreme power upon particular occasions ,
is not without example .
Vide Judicial .
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