legislative body
Elected lawmaking group
A legislative body is a group of people empowered to make laws—a parliament, congress, or assembly.
The term emphasizes the collective nature of lawmaking: decisions emerge from debate and voting among members rather than from a single authority.
The state legislative body convened to consider the budget.
National legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
- houseResidential building
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
diet · deputies · bicameral · unicameral · upper house · lower house
Formal argument on issues
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
- amendmentChange to official text
- motionChange in position
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
hearing · testimony · session · recess · vote · roll call · cloture · veto
Parts of a whole
- electorateEligible voting body
- districtsDefined administrative regions
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
redistricting · suffrage · mandate · proportional · delegates · caucus · plurality · majority
Amount owed, written
- statuteEnacted written rule
- actDeed or performance
- enactmentPassing into law
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
resolution · code · regulation · drafting · ratification · proposal · decree · appropriation
Subset of larger panel
- panelDistinct flat section
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- appropriationsDesignated funds for purposes
- budgetPlan for spending
finance · judiciary · armed services · foreign relations · ethics · rules · ways and means · select committee
parliament
National legislative assembly
council · diet · deputies · bicameral · unicameral · upper house · lower house
debate
Formal argument on issues
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
- amendmentChange to official text
- motionChange in position
quorum · hearing · testimony · session · recess · vote · roll call · cloture · veto · override
constituents
Parts of a whole
- electorateEligible voting body
- districtsDefined administrative regions
- apportionmentDivision into shares
gerrymandering · redistricting · suffrage · mandate · proportional · delegates · caucus · plurality · majority · minority
bill
Amount owed, written
ordinance · resolution · code · regulation · drafting · ratification · proposal · decree · appropriation · authorization
subcommittee
Subset of larger panel
- panelDistinct flat section
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- appropriationsDesignated funds for purposes
budget · finance · judiciary · armed services · foreign relations · ethics · rules · ways and means · select committee · standing committee
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- governing bodiesgoverning council, senate, board of directors, parliament, executive committee
- Second EmpireNapoleon III, Second Empire, coup d'etat, Bonapartists, authoritarian rule
- governmentgovernment, ministries, judiciary, executive branch, ministry
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- constitutional lawConstitution, Bill of Rights, First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment
legislative bodyjudiciary
Law-interpreting government branch
judicial branch · executive branch · executive · supreme court · court system
legislative bodydictator
Ruler with total control
autocrat · absolute monarch · tyrant · one-man rule · despot
legislative bodyshadow government
Concealed parallel authority structure
deep state · oligarchy · cabal · junta · ruling elite
body, legal, legalize, legalized, legislation, legislature, legislator, legislate, legislative