All 4 Uses of
legislature
in
Babbitt
- He could, on ten hours' notice, appear before the board of aldermen or the state legislature and prove, absolutely, with figures all in rows and with precedents from Poland and New Zealand, that the street-car company loved the Public and yearned over its employees; that all its stock was owned by Widows and Orphans; and that whatever it desired to do would benefit property-owners by increasing rental values, and help the poor by lowering rents.†
Chpt 3
- Babbitt made his voice to be measured and lordly; he thrust out his abdomen and rumbled, "We got to see to it that the convention lets the Legislature understand just where they get off in this matter of taxing realty transfers."†
Chpt 13
- A second resolution authorized the president of the S.A.R.E.B. to spend fifteen thousand dollars in lobbying for sane tax measures in the State Legislature.†
Chpt 13
- He was, particularly when he was influencing legislatures or hiring labor-spies, very easy and lovable and gorgeous.†
Chpt 15 *
Definition:
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(legislature) a group made up of government representatives (usually elected) that has the power to create laws