Legislature facts for kids

Legislature is a word that comes from the Latin language, meaning "those who write the laws." A legislature is therefore a group of people who vote for new laws, for example in a state or country.

Each person in the legislature is usually either elected or appointed. The constitution of that state or country usually tells how a legislature is supposed to work.

In many countries, the legislature is called a Parliament, Congress, or National Assembly. Sometimes there are two groups of members in the legislature. This is called a "bicameral" legislature. A unicameral legislature has only one group of members.

A country, district, city, or other small area may also have something like a legislature. These are often called councils, and they make smaller laws for their areas.

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List of titles of legislatures

National

• Parliament
• Congress
• Diet
• National Assembly
• Althing — Iceland
• Assembleia da República — Portugal
• Bundestag — Germany
• Riksdag — Sweden
• Cortes Generales — Spain
• Eduskunta — Finland
• Federal Assembly — Russia, Switzerland
• Folketing — Denmark
• Stortinget — Norway
• Knesset — Israel
• Assembly of Albania — Albania
• Legislative Yuan — Republic of China/Taiwan
• moganane — Iran
• United States Capitol - United States

Sub-National

• List of state legislatures of the United States — United States
  • General Assembly / Assembly
  • Great and General Court / General Court
  • House of Delegates
• Landtag — Germany, Austria
• Canada
  • Legislative Assembly — All provinces and territories except:
  • National Assembly — Quebec
  • House of Assembly — Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador
• Australia
  • Legislative Assembly - All States and Territories except:
  • House of Assembly - South Australia and Tasmania
  • Legislative Council - All States except Queensland
• United Kingdom
  • Scottish Parliament — Scotland
  • Northern Ireland Assembly — Northern Ireland
  • National Assembly for Wales — Wales
  • Houses of Parliament — United Kingdom overall.

Images for kids

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  Palace of Westminster, where the Parliament of the United Kingdom meets, in February 2007

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  Map showing the terminology for each country's national legislature

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  The Congress of the Republic of Peru, the country's national legislature, meets in the Legislative Palace in 2010

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  The British House of Commons, its lower house

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  The German Bundestag, its theoretical lower house

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  The Australian Senate, its upper house

See also

In Spanish: Poder legislativo para niños