Definition of legislative body Legislative body
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What does legislative body mean?
WordNet
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| legislative body - persons who make or amend or repeal laws | ||
| legislature, legislative assembly, general assembly, law-makers | ||
| assembly the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly" | ||
| authorities, regime, government the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" | ||
| senate assembly possessing high legislative powers | ||
| u.s. congress, united states congress, us congress, congress the legislature of the United States government | ||
| house play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house" | ||
| legislative council a unicameral legislature | ||
| congress the legislature of the United States government | ||
| diet the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) | ||
| parliament a legislative assembly in certain countries | ||
| duma a legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics in the former USSR | ||
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Wiktionary 
- legislative body (Noun)
A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power. - legislative body (Noun)
Its equivalent, exercing legislative power at a sub-state administrative level.
