state legislature
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstateandlegislature
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state
adjective[before noun]
uk/steɪt/us/steɪt/
provided, created, or done by the state (= government of ...
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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 ofstateandlegislaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, as a new second step, the reform allows the municipality to appeal the governor's ruling to thestatelegislaturefor a second opinion.
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The first condition for such interference, which we examine in this section, requires that thestatelegislatureconsider legislation about local places.
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Thestatelegislaturemerely declared that the existing practices constituted the new state system (minus any further subservience to the crown).
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This meant that astatelegislaturecould, if it wished, itself select the electors.
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Local deference ensures that the scope of local political conflict is only minimally broadened in thestatelegislature.
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In thestatelegislature, players usually advocating local control and reduction of state intervention find themselves opposing local government.
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Authorized by thestatelegislaturein 1865, these outfits grew rapidly after 1877.
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Many citizens of national reputation, rarely or never available for service in astatelegislature, willingly assumed the burden of leadership in the constitutional convention.
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Although one of the union's objectives was representation in thestatelegislature, there is no indication that the union as such patronized their candidatures.
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If the municipality does not like the ruling of thestatelegislature, it has recourse to a third step.
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Absent a majority, the election went to thestatelegislature.
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But the fights are the same: the fights over urban questions in thestatelegislatureare the same fights occurring at home.
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Couples seeking divorces in the eighteenth century had to petition theirstatelegislaturefor relief from one another.
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In examining city-state relations, we recognize that eachstatelegislatureis composed of individual members, committees, and legislative procedures.
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Non-residency was apparently commonplace in thestatelegislature.
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Changing gears once again, thestatelegislatureenacted the nation's first bank insurance law in 1829.
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Prior to the amendment, one should expect all states with unified partisan control in thestatelegislatureto elect a senator from the same party.
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Over the last 125 years, the numbers of first-term legislators have fallen in everystatelegislaturein our sample.
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If the governor approves a transfer of a public service, thestatelegislaturemust approve it as well.
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