legislature
Also known as legislative power, organs of power, legislative branch
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A legislature is the branch of government where elected representatives meet to make laws and decisions for their country or region. It matters because it gives citizens a voice in how they are governed through the representatives they elect to these important buildings and institutions.
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25 sectionsContents
- Types of legislatures
- Parliament
- Congress
- Supreme state organ of power
- Terminology
- History
- Functions
- Representation
- Deliberation
- Legislation
- Authorizing expenditure
- Oversight
- Function in authoritarian regimes
- Internal organization
- Relation to other branches of government
- Members
- Chambers
- Size
- See also
- References
- Books
- Book chapters
- Journal entries
- Footnotes
- Further reading
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A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly that holds the legal authority to make law and exercise political oversight within a political entity such as a state, nation, or city. Legislatures are among the principal institutions of state, typically contrasted with the executive and judicial institutions. They may exist at different levels of governance—national, subnational (state, provincial, or regional), local, or supranational—such as the European Parliament.