noun
Usage: often capitalized L&A
1. : a bicameral legislature in an American state or territory
election to the legislative assembly in Montana or Oregon
in Puerto Rico … a daily record of its proceedings shall be published by the Legislative Assembly — G.K.Lewis
2. : the lower house of a bicameral legislature ; especially : one in a state or province of a nation that is a member of the British Commonwealth
depriving the … government in South Australia of its absolute majority of the floor of the Legislative Assembly — Australian Weekly Review
elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Indian States
3. : a unicameral legislature
the membership of the East African Central Legislative Assembly — United Kingdom Dependencies
especially : one in a Canadian province
the Legislative Assembly in Alberta