Collocations withlegislature
These are words often used in combination withlegislature.
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democratic legislature
Executive dominance remained obvious in a democratic legislature with four out of five government bills adopted.
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elected legislature
This is a classic problem that an elected legislature and president have with the bureaucracy.
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national legislature
The national legislature is a bicameral parliament.
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provincial legislature
Does it mean that a provincial legislature may have power to make minor local adjustments or substantive legislation?
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provisional legislature
Another key issue is whether a provisional legislature should be created.
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state legislature
However, as a new second step, the reform allows the municipality to appeal the governor's ruling to the state legislature for a second opinion.
From theCambridge English Corpus
territorial legislature
In a fully unitary state, territorial units (if any) have no constitutional standing, no independently elected territorial legislature, no specific policy purviews reserved to them, and minimal revenue-raising authority.
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