Legislative
Legislative adjective - Relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature.
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State and legislative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "State" instead an adjective "Legislative".
State
State noun - A body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government.
Legislative and state are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Legislative" instead an adjective "State".
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Also, while Brazil is a federal republic much like the US, the states have much more limited legislative powers, with federal laws taking precedence over state, and state over municipal.
Source: Useful Notes / Brazil - The name suggests that the USSR was a federation of "soviets", locally and democratically elected councils, and the head of state was officially the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, a body elected by separate soviets to discharge their legislative business.
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Madison was the author and primary supporter of the Virginia Plan at the Convention, which proposed that the nations legislative branch would represent each state based on their population (which would become the idea for the House of Representatives), among other things.
Source: Useful Notes / James Madison
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