provincial legislature

collocation in English

meaningsofprovincialandlegislature

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provincial
adjective
uk
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/us
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/
relating to an area that is governed as part of a country or ...
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legislature
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈledʒ.ɪ.slə.tʃʊər/us
/ˈledʒ.ə.slə.tʃɚ/
the group of people in a country or part of a country who have the power to make and ...
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(Definition ofprovincialandlegislaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Does it mean that aprovinciallegislaturemay have power to make minor local adjustments or substantive legislation?
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I can also remember the second election for theprovinciallegislature.
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It should be within the power of aprovinciallegislatureto make its own laws in this respect.
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Ministers were entrusted with certain departments and were responsible for them to theprovinciallegislature.
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I submit that it will be exceedingly difficult to say what, in effect, aprovinciallegislaturemay and what it may not do under this provision.
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The typical backward tract is a deficit area, and noprovinciallegislatureis likely to possess either the will or the means to devote special attention to its particular requirements.
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It might be that the ground was covered by existing federal legislation which left it open to theprovinciallegislatureto add new grounds to divorce.
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There is theprovinciallegislature.
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The 1871 names were all temporary pending ratification of the riding system by theprovinciallegislature.
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Executive machinery dealing with those subjects was placed under the direct control ofprovinciallegislature.
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He has not sought a return to theprovinciallegislaturesince this time.
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The amendment must only be passed by theprovinciallegislature.
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Aprovinciallegislaturemay also enact a constitution for that province, if two-thirds of the members vote in favour.
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Objections to the rough language and adult subject matter were brought up in theprovinciallegislature.
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He only servde a single term in theprovinciallegislaturesitting in the back benches.
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Mihychuk was re-elected to theprovinciallegislaturein 2003, winning almost 70% of the votes cast in her constituency.
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It reported to theprovinciallegislaturethrough the minister of transportation and communications.
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On three occasions he occupied a seat in theprovinciallegislature.
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By-elections for council seats have been held in 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2007 after some regional councillors were elected to theprovinciallegislature.
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It had been passed unanimously (by all parties) in theprovinciallegislature.
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