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Meaning of legislative body | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power.
  2. Its equivalent, exercising legislative power at a substate administrative level.

Equivalents

Examples

“Under unicameral constitutions the legislative bodies are single assemblies, in the bicameral Westminster model the legislative body is a parliament comprising two houses or chambers”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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