Legislature

A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. Legislatures are known by many names, including: parliament, congress, diet and national assembly.

List of titles of legislatures

National

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• Parliament
• Congress
• Diet
• National Assembly

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• Althing — Iceland
• Assembleia da República — Portugal
• Bundestag — Germany
• Cortes Generales — Spain
• Eduskunta or Riksdag — Finland
• Federal Assembly — Russia, Switzerland
• Folketing — Denmark
• Knesset — Israel
• Legislative Yuan — Republic of China/Taiwan
• Majles Al-Ummah — Kuwait
• Oireachtas — Republic of Ireland
• Riigikogu — Estonia
• Riksdag — Sweden
• Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha — India
• Sabor — Croatia
• Saeima — Latvia
• Seimas — Lithuania
• Sejm — Poland
• Skupština — Serbia and Montenegro
• Estates-General or Staten Generaal — Netherlands
• Storting — Norway
• Tynwald — Isle of Man
• Verkhovna Rada — Ukraine

Historical

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• States-General
• Dáil — Irish Republic (1919-1922)
• Volkskammer — East Germany (1949-1990)

State

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• List of state legislatures of the United States — United States
• Landtag — Germany, Austria