English-Spanish translations for legislative body

• cuerpo legislativo
  Somos un cuerpo legislativo, elaboramos un presupuesto. We are a legislative body; we draft a budget.
  En cada cuerpo legislativo o Consejo con el que he estado relacionado, existen normas estrictas acerca de lo que se puede hacer y lo que no. In every legislative body or Council with which I have been associated, there are firm rules about what can be done and what cannot be done.
  No obstante, también estoy de acuerdo con quienes han señalado que el Parlamento ha pasado de ser una asamblea consultiva a convertirse cada vez más en un cuerpo legislativo. However, I also agree with those who have said that Parliament has increasingly developed from being an advisory assembly to a legislative body.

Definition of legislative body

• A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power
• Its equivalent, exercising legislative power at a sub-state administrative level

Examples

• Under unicameral constitutions the legislative bodies are single assemblies, in the bicameral Westminster model the legislative body is a parliament comprising two houses or chambers

Related words

• legislative
• antilegislative
• legislative power
• Legislative Counselor
• legislative motion
• legislative branch
• legislative process
• legislative period
• legislative authority