legislative body

Noun

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

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: lainsäädäntöelin
 * Georgian:
 * German: Gesetzgebungsorgan
 * Malay: badan perundangan​
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: законода́тельный о́рган
 * Spanish: cuerpo legislativo
 * Swedish: lagstiftande församling


 * Dutch: