national legislature
Country's lawmaking assembly
A national legislature is a country's lawmaking body—the institution empowered to pass laws that apply throughout the nation.
Examples include the United States Congress, the British Parliament, and Japan's National Diet.
Most national legislatures are elected, though structures vary: some have one chamber, others two.
The bill passed the national legislature after months of debate.
- lawmakingCrafting enforceable rules
- floor debateLegislative chamber argumentation
- Estates-GeneralFrench representative body, three classes
- KnessetIsraeli parliamentary body
- DumaMoscow's legislative chamber
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Regional civic administration
municipal council · city council · county council · state legislature · town council
national legislatureexecutive branch
Government's implementing arm
judiciary · presidency · supreme court · prime minister's office · cabinet
national legislatureabsolute monarchy
Unrestricted single-ruler government
dictatorship · autocracy · one-man rule · military junta · totalitarian regime
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