|  | TYNWALD | The legislature of the Isle of Man | 
|  | KEYS | The lower chamber of the legislature of the Isle of Man (5,2,4) | 
|  | HOUSEOF | The lower chamber of the legislature of the Isle of Man (5,2,4) | 
|  | HOUSEOFKEYS | Lower chamber of Tynwald, the legislature of the Isle of Man | 
|  | HOUSE | Lower chamber of Tynwald the legislature of the Isle of Man | 
|  | OFKEYS | Lower chamber of Tynwald, the legislature of the Isle of Man (5,2,4) | 
|  | DAIL | The lower house of the legislature of the Republic of Ireland (4) | 
|  | DEPUTIES | Members of the upper chamber of the legislature of the US (8) | 
|  | OIREACHTAS | The legislature of the Republic of Ireland (10) | 
|  | MLA | Representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature of a State government in India (Abbr.) | 
|  | SENATE | Upper chamber of the legislature of Australia (6) | 
|  | CONGRESS | The bicameral federal legislature of the US (8) | 
|  | STATESGENERAL | Bicameral legislature of the Netherlands (6,7) | 
|  | AREPARTANDPARCELOF | "Hackney-coaches ____ the law of the land; they were settled by the Legislature; plated and numbered by the wisdom of Parliament" (Dickens, in Sketches by Boz) | 
|  | DIET | Bicameral legislature of Japan, consisting of the House of Representatives (Shugiin) and the House of Councillors (Sangiin) (4) | 
|  | SENATOR | One of 100 members of America's senior branch of the legislature (7) | 
|  | SESSIONS | Meetings of the legislature | 
|  | VETO | Governor's rejection of a bill the legislature has passed | 
|  | LAW | Body of rules made by the legislature (3) | 
|  | DEPUTY | Stand-in for a member of the legislature (6) |