legislature
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While Congress and state legislatures have passed reform to soften criminal sentencing laws, immigration detention remains, technically, a civil jurisdiction and outside their scope.
From Salon
He cited delays in South Korea’s legislature approving a pact struck in late October with the country’s president, Lee Jae Myung.
Zhang’s father later became a three-star general, while Xi’s father went on to hold senior roles in the party, government and legislature.
Some reps suggest pay in the $6,000 to $20,000 range—enough to cover bills with outside work while keeping the legislature amateur.
The president, prime minister and chairman of the National Assembly must later be approved by a vote in the legislature.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
