noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bicameral
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Under a constitutional monarchy, the Tsar was Grand Duke, with a bicameral legislature .
elected
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Each province has its own elected governor and legislature , nominally concerned with all matters not delegated to the federal government.
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In future, government will be more accountable to an elected legislature .
federal
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There are acts which the federal or state legislature can not do, without exceeding their authority.
national
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Osmena, one of the most influential politicians in the national legislature .
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In all three countries, the citizenry occasionally votes, which can result in turnover within the national legislature .
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The national party was formed in 1980, and it won twenty-seven seats in the national legislature in the 1983 election.
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For example, one might assume that the national legislature is the structure that dominates the policy-making function.
unicameral
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The unicameral legislature , the National Assembly, is also elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage.
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A unicameral legislature , the National Assembly, is also elected every five years by universal suffrage.
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The democrats generally favoured single-chamber or unicameral legislatures , as the most direct way of reflecting or embodying the popular will.
■ NOUN
state
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In general Republicans supported the measure because its likely effect would be to undermine the long-lasting Democratic domination of the state legislature .
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What others in Congress and the state legislatures had in mind can not be determined with any degree of certainty.
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More blacks have been elected to the state legislature , and a black also heads the Dade county commission.
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The tax initiative, passed by the state legislature in November, exempts these employers from taxes on their payroll and property.
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There are billboards seeking the re-election to the state legislature of Marion Feinstein.
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These guys are talking about something that was judicially created apart from state legislatures or the constitution.
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Idaho had been selected by anti-abortionists after similar bills had been defeated in several other state legislatures .
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It would be to make Congress take the place of the state legislatures and to supersede them.
■ VERB
elect
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Executive authority is nominally vested in the President who is elected by the legislature to no more than two five-year terms of office.
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And the local elected legislature will cease to exist.
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More blacks have been elected to the state legislature , and a black also heads the Dade county commission.
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The convention which framed the constitution was indeed elected by the state legislatures .
pass
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Nor has this approach been confined to legislation passed by subordinate legislatures .
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The tax initiative, passed by the state legislature in November, exempts these employers from taxes on their payroll and property.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lame duck president/governor/legislature etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the Florida State Legislature
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A manager with a hefty budget supplied entirely by the legislature will act much like a teenager with a hefty allowance.
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An act of the legislature is superior in authority to any court of law.
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Each state has its own constitution, and a legislature and government with wide-ranging powers.
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He became a nationally prominent horse breeder, fostered charities, sat on corporate boards, served in the Connecticut legislature .
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In a sense, even though legislatures usually have spokespersons and leaders, no one can truly speak for the legislature.
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In late June 1991 the legislature passed the 1991-92 budget for the financial year beginning on July 1.
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Public agencies get most of their funding from legislatures, city councils, and elected boards.
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Whitman enraged conservatives by opposing a ban on late-term abortions sent to her by the state legislature .