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SENATE |
Legislative body |
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CONGRESS |
Capitol legislative body |
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PARLIAMENTHOUSE |
Where a legislative body meets |
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STATUTES |
Laws passed by a legislative body |
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LANDTAG |
The diet or legislative body; as, the Landtag of Prussia. |
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SYNOD |
An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative
body. |
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STATES-GENERAL |
In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed
of two chambers. |
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CAHIER |
A memorial of a body; a report of legislative proceedings,
etc. |
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OBSTRUCTIONIST |
One who hinders progress; one who obstructs
business, as in a legislative body. |
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GAVEL |
The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body,
public assembly, court, masonic body, etc. |
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RECESS |
Remission or suspension of business or procedure;
intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school. |
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PRESIDENT |
One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding
officer, as of a legislative body. |
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TELLER |
One who is appointed to count the votes given in a
legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc. |
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UNSEAT |
Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a
legislative body, as for fraud in election. |
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LEGISLATOR |
A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or
community; a member of a legislative body. |
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LOBBY |
To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members
of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill. |
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CHAMBER |
A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or
association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. |
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LEGISLATURE |
The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested
with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body. |
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RECONSIDERATION |
The act of reconsidering, or the state of being
reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body. |
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REPORT |
A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech,
debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc. |
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FILE |
To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting
proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill. |
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DELIBERATION |
Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for
and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or
council. |
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COUNCIL |
A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city
council. |
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LEGISLATIVE |
Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws;
lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive; as, a legislative act; a
legislative body. |
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MOVER |
A proposer; one who offers a proposition, or recommends
anything for consideration or adoption; as, the mover of a resolution
in a legislative body. |