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The full body of European Union law.
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(literally, US politics) A statute enacted by the United States Congress.
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A law which has received assent (royal, presidential or gubernatorial) after having been passed by the houses (or house) of a parliament.
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(countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
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(US politics) In the House of Representatives, a rejection slip given to tax and spending bills sent to it by the Senate that did not originate in the House, per the House's interpretation of the Origination Clause.
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(US politics) A political convention held during a presidential election when a political party fails to choose a nominee on the first round of delegate voting at the party's nominating convention.
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A usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates to be sent a nominating convention, or to confer regarding policy.
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A legislative body acting as a necessary supporter of a statute during the legislative process.
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(politics) In a parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster system, an agreement by a party or individual members to support the government in motions of confidence and appropriation or budget (supply) votes, by either voting in favour or abstaining.
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An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
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(rare) The act of coming together; congress.
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A body of representatives convened to draft and adopt a new constitution for a country.
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(UK, House of Lords, by metonymy) A member who votes in assent.
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A highest-averages method for allocating seats, used to achieve proportional representation in elections.
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(US) An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
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(politics) A district represented by one or more elected officials.
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(Malaysia) A law enacted by state legislatures of Malaysia.
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(US politics) Legislation that has been passed by both houses of Congress, signed by their presiding officers, and sent to the President for signature.
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an agreement between the heads of government of two or more nations
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(historical) A constitution of the Austrian Empire promulgated in the form of letters patent on February 26, 1861.
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A person who writes a new law.
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An election, usually held at regular intervals, in which candidates are elected in all or most constituencies or electoral districts of a nation.
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(Ireland, law) Early draft of a bill usually agreed at cabinet but not yet published.
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(law) Abbreviation of jurisdiction. [The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.]
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A rule, law or custom which is unchangeable.
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Enacting laws; legislative.
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The process of passing or enacting laws; legislation.
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Of or pertaining to lawmaking.
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To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).
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The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.
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Relating to legislation
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Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking
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(law) The stages a bill must go through before it becomes law.
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(law) The period of time in which a group of legislators elected together in a general election are able to enact legislation; usually one year if general elections are conducted annually, or two years if general elections are conducted biennially.
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especially not any individual member of a legislative body but the abstracted author of a statute or statutes relevant for the principles of interpretation.
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Of or relating to legislation.
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A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
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A writer on law, a legislator, a lawmaker
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The science of developing legislation.
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(law, Britain) A private member's bill.
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(US) An election held every four years to elect members of Congress in years the president is not also elected.
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(law): A municipality; a governing body within a larger state formed by the enactment of a governing document.
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In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature.
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A formal procedure used by a deliberative assembly in its decision-making, to keep order.
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(sum of parts) A person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office.
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(government, UK) A parliamentary bill promoted by an organisation such as a local authority or company in order to obtain powers to do something.
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(law, Britain, Canada, Australia) A proposed law introduced by a member of a legislature who is not acting on behalf of the executive government.
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(politics) The period of such a discontinuance between two sessions of a legislative body.
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(legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
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(US, politics) Reassignment of representation in a legislature, especially of U.S. House of Representative seats, in accord with changes in the census population determination.
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Of or relating to a referendum.
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(law, UK) A collective title for a particular collection of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the electoral system; not merely equivalent to every Representation of the People Act.
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Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body.
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A government where citizens elect people to represent them and make laws on their behalf, instead of always voting directly on laws and other government actions.
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(law, politics) A power of an overseeing authority to suspend legislation in the jurisdiction being overseen pending the approval of a higher authority. Such as a provincial/state governor reserving a bill passed by the state/provincial legislature from assent, pending approval of the federal government; or a federal bill passed by federal parliament being reserved by the viceroy pending approval by the crown.
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(obsolete US slang) Legislation solely devised to benefit the legislators proposing it.
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Having the power to make rules
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(politics) Dealings and compromises that take place behind the scenes to enact legislation.
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(Philippines, politics) A person who is a likely or confirmed candidate for the senate.
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Pertaining to a period, often an academic term or a sitting of a legislative body.
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A legislative session (in the sense of "meeting", not "period").
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A committee whose function is to arrange the schedules of business for a legislative assembly or other organization
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In the UK and various other countries, the final presentation of a bill (proposed legislation) to a parliament or legislature, or chamber thereof, which takes place after the bill has passed through all its necessary prior stages. Following a debate, members vote on whether to pass the bill, which in the UK may then be sent for consideration by the other chamber or for Royal Assent.
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(politics, of a legislature, an electoral system, etc) That elects one member from each district, or (of a person) elected from a specific district rather than at large.
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Alternative letter-case form of Veepstakes [(US politics, humorous) The process by which candidates for the Presidency of the United States choose a running mate.]
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(law) Legislative action for the purpose of regulating the use of property and the construction of buildings within the area under the jurisdiction of the legislative body concerned.
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