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# legislature

«legislature» in Mova's school dictionary: **the group of elected people who make the laws of a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a legislature, legislatures)

### meaning for a pupil

(law) A legislature is the group of elected people who make the laws of a country or state, such as a parliament, Congress or a state assembly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislature/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Civics and citizenship: the UK Parliament, the US Congress, the Australian Parliament, the Irish Oireachtas, Canadian provincial legislatures. It tells the reader who makes the laws.

### examples

- The legislature voted on the new law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislature/#x1)
- Each US state has its own legislature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislature/#x2)
- The Scottish Parliament is a legislature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislature/#x3)
- Members of the legislature are elected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislature/#x4)
- The legislature debated school funding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislature/#x5)
- A bill must pass the legislature to become law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislature/#x6)

### note

Plural: legislatures. Say «LEJ-is-lay-cher». The adjective is «legislative».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «legislature» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislature/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.