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(historical) In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
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A male member of an assembly.
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A person who serves as a member of an assembly.
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An assemblymember; an assemblyman of any gender.
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A member of the lower house of certain US state legislatures.
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(Australian politics) The intentional malapportionment of votes in Queensland in the 1970s and 1980s.
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A part of a whole governing body which is assigned specific powers; examples include the legislature, the judiciary, the executive, the military, and, in non-secular states, the church.
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Relating to a chamber, especially to a judicial or legislative one
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A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.
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A member of a committee.
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(politics) A district represented by one or more elected officials.
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A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
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Pronunciation spelling of the man. [The oppressive powers that be, including the government and corporations; the system, as coordinated outside of one’s control.]
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(US) A person who writes a legislative bill.
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(historical) An official in Scandinavian countries whose duties included memorizing laws as well as presiding over, and reciting the laws at, regional Things or the Althing; the office of that person.
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Relating to a legation.
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A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power.
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The branch of government which is concerned with the making of laws
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especially a member of a legislative body.
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Obsolete spelling of legislator [especially a member of a legislative body.]
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A person employed by private persons or societies to draft bills or manage business to be brought before parliament.
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(US) A person elected or appointed in State Counties to represent a local ward, precinct, or township.
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Pertaining to a president or one who presides; presidential.
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A committee made up of a number of parliamentary or legislative members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues beyond the authority or capacity of a standing committee.
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A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.
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An established parliamentary or congressional committee to which all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters regarding a defined scope of subjects get referred to and then returned to parliament or congress along with a recommended measure.
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