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LEGISLATURE, government(law)

legislature (iou)



legislature noun. L17.
[from LEGISLATOR + -URE, after JUDICATURE.]
The power that makes or enacts laws; a body of people empowered to make or enact the laws of a country or State. L17.
W. Lippmann The existing laws of property and contracts had not been formally enacted by a legislature.
The exercise of the power of legislation. E-M18.