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legislature

[lej-is-lay-cher] / ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪ tʃər /


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Like Rauch he will need the backing of 42 MPs in the 83-seat legislature.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The group tried to push the state legislature to adopt bills aimed at stopping steep rent increases and protecting tenants’ rights to organize.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

In the legislature, she said, Hinojosa was among the Democrats who “would listen to the moms and the parents.”

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

The country’s legislature recently expanded anti-money-laundering laws to impose stricter due diligence requirements and push companies to collect more information on their controlling ownership, among other measures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

At noon on Monday, August 9, 1920, the Tennessee legislature opened a special session.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

In response, tech executives are clearly realizing that city councils and state legislatures can do a lot to constrain them.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Accreditation determines whether other states will accept a state’s solvency examinations and, in practice, places intense pressure on legislatures to enact specified model laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Local council elections, local and combined-authority mayoral elections, devolved legislatures, European Parliament elections and London Assembly elections were excluded.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

We made ourselves seen and heard, mounting a sustained, affirmative campaign in the states, in the legislatures, and in the courts of law alongside, most crucially, the court of public opinion.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

But he was not a mover-and-shaker, only a draftsman; the words he wrote were merely the lyrical expression of ideas that had been bandied about in the Congress and the various colonial legislatures for years.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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