bicameral legislature
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bicameral legislature (plural bicameral legislatures)
A legislative body consisting of two chambers or houses.
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Finally, it should also be noted that the very existence of a bicameral legislature is itself another defence of the status quo.
A bicameral legislature that includes the Senate (upper house) and the National Assembly (lower house).
A Fujimori-dominated congress passed a new constitution in 1993, which consolidated the bicameral legislature into a unicameral legislature with a single national district.
In 1964, King Zahir Shah promulgated a liberal constitution providing for a bicameral legislature to which the king appointed one-third of the deputies.
It is influenced by the Westminster System model in the composition and management of the upper and lower houses of the bicameral legislature.
It stipulated a bicameral legislature, both houses of which are elected.