democratic legislature

collocation in English

meaningsofdemocraticandlegislature

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democratic
adjective
uk
/ˌdem.əˈkræt.ɪk/us
/ˌdem.əˈkræt̬.ɪk/
based on the principles ...
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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 ofdemocraticandlegislaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Executive dominance remained obvious in ademocraticlegislaturewith four out of five government bills adopted.
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Why must a judge heed the decisions of onedemocraticlegislaturerather than another?
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Waldron argues that in ademocraticlegislature, only the text has been enacted in accordance with authoritative procedures.
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Now, an important piece of legislation, which in anydemocraticlegislaturewould be seriously considered, has to be accepted or rejected—and cannot be amended.
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This appears to contravene the very essence of a fair anddemocraticlegislature.
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The duties of the members of ademocraticlegislatureare not to seek a single institutional view.
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That is why ours is ademocraticlegislature.
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The liberally minded among us should ask how that system is supposed to be accountable to our democratic legislatures.
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There is more than palpably today a fundamental need in all modern democratic legislatures for scientific information of the highest quality, relevance and objectivity.
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Some of them are chosen in fully democratic ways by their legislatures, others, where no democratic legislatures exist, by different methods.
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We have a special responsibility because, almost uniquely among democratic legislatures, we neither sanction nor even retrospectively authorise the commitment of our armed forces abroad.
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