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legislative bodies

legislative bodies is the plural of legislative body.

Meaning of legislative body

Noun

legislative body (plural legislative bodies)

  1. A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power.
    • Under unicameral constitutions the legislative bodies are single assemblies, in the bicameral Westminster model the legislative body is a parliament comprising two houses or chambers
  2. Its equivalent, exercising legislative power at a substate administrative level.

Questions about legislative bodies

What is legislative bodies the plural of?
Legislative bodies is the plural of legislative body.

Words near legislative bodies in the dictionary

  1. legislating
  2. legislation
  3. legislational
  4. legislations
  5. legislative
  6. legislative bodies
  7. legislative body
  8. legislative branch
  9. legislative branches
  10. legislative building
  11. legislative buildings

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