File:A_coloured_voting_box_(no_bg)_(cropped).svg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ11204· pop 113· linked from 6,853 articles

legislature

Also known as legislative power, organs of power, legislative branch

thumb|Hungarian Parliament Building called 'Országház' in Budapest thumb|Palace of Westminster, where the legislature of the United Kingdom, the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom, meets, located in London]] thumb|The Palazzo Madama, Rome|Palazzo Madama is the seat of the upper house of the [[Italian Parliament, the Senate of the Republic.]]

AI overview

A legislature is the branch of government where elected representatives meet to make laws and decisions for their country or region. It matters because it gives citizens a voice in how they are governed through the representatives they elect to these important buildings and institutions.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Wikidata facts

Image: Palace of Westminster, London - Feb 2007.jpg

Show 2 more facts

equivalent class: dbpedia.org/ontology/Legislature
Commons category: Legislatures

Sources (4)

via Wikidata · CC0

~20 min read

Article

25 sections

Contents

Types of legislatures
Parliament
Congress
Supreme state organ of power
Terminology
History
Functions
Representation
Deliberation
Legislation
Authorizing expenditure
Oversight
Function in authoritarian regimes
Internal organization
Relation to other branches of government
Members
Chambers
Size
See also
References
Books
Book chapters
Journal entries
Footnotes
Further reading

A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly that holds the legal authority to make law and exercise political oversight within a political entity such as a state, nation, or city. Legislatures are among the principal institutions of state, typically contrasted with the executive and judicial institutions. They may exist at different levels of governance—national, subnational (state, provincial, or regional), local, or supranational—such as the European Parliament.