bicameral legislature

Cultural  

1. A legislature with two houses, or chambers. The British parliament is a bicameral legislature, made up of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Likewise, the United States Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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Example Sentences

It’s not obvious, after all, that we need a bicameral legislature in the first place.

From Slate

But Mexico has a government system much like ours, with a president who’s head of the executive branch, a bicameral legislature, and an independent judiciary.

From Slate

One measure, introduced in 2018 in Mexico’s bicameral legislature, passed last year in one chamber and is now sitting in the other.

From Los Angeles Times

His eight-party alliance together has 312 seats in parliament, but he needs at least 376 votes in a joint sitting of the bicameral legislature, which includes the 250-member upper house appointed during military rule.

From Reuters

The announcement comes a day after Wan Noor was endorsed as house speaker, a role in which he is able to call for a joint sitting of the country's bicameral legislature to vote on the next prime minister.

From Reuters