LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL


Meaning of LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Usage: often capitalized L&C

Date: 1787

1. : a permanent committee chosen from both houses that meets between sessions of a state legislature to study state problems and plan a legislative program

2. : a unicameral legislature (as in a British colony)

3. : the upper house of a British bicameral legislature

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.