Legislature

Noun

 * 1) A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
 * 2)  A legislative building.

Verbs for Legislature
appoint to—; nominate for—; recommend to—; —affirms; —appropriates; —confirms; —defeats; —deliberates; —dismisses; —enacts; —frames; —overrules; —passes; — propounds; —reveals; —revokes; —suspends; —congregates; —convenes.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
1676, from stem of legislator: + -ure:, cognate with législature:

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 立法機關, 立法机关
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: wetgevende macht
 * Finnish: lainsäädäntöelin
 * French: corps législatif


 * German:, gesetzgebende Gewalt
 * Japanese:
 * Romanian: corp legislativ
 * Russian: законодательная власть, законодательный орган

Noun
legislature