Human or group of people forming a body designated to exercise certain activities on behalf of a legal entity or a state.
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законодательное собрание Portuguese
poder legislativo Catalan
poder legislatiu Spanish
poder legislativo 
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The legislature, however, is about 40 years behind this particular technology curve.
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His proposals would need approval from New York's legislature to become law.
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The proposed fund would need to be created by the state legislature.
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The state legislature passed the bill, known as SB 1062, last week.
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It is therefore dependent on approval from regulators and the state legislature.
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One senior Western diplomat said that despite widespread anger at rampant corruption, the " organs of power" were too effective to allow discontent to spill over.