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Legislature : \Leg"is*la`ture\ (l[e^]j"[i^]s*l[=a]`t[-u]r; 135),
n. [Cf. F. l['e]gislature.]
The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power
to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.
Without the concurrent consent of all three parts of
the legislature, no law is, or can be, made. --Sir M.
Hale.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Legislature : \Legislature\, n.
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:
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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