For the dignity, the influence, and the power of the legislative branch of our Government -- it is a privilege for us to do honor to this great man who represents not alone his own district but all the people of our country.

In the United States, many government agencies are organized under the executive branch of government, although a few are part of the judicial or legislative branches.

Together with the Bundesrat, the Bundestag is the legislative branch of the German political system.

Although most legislation is initiated by the executive branch, the Bundestag considers the legislative function its most important responsibility, concentrating much of its energy on assessing and amending the government's legislative program.

Common law ( also known as case law or precedent ) is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals ( as opposed to statutes adopted through the legislative process or regulations issued by the executive branch ).

The primary purpose of the Council is to act as one of the two chambers of the EU's legislative branch, the other chamber being the European Parliament.

Furthermore, the legislative branch officially holds the Union's budgetary authority.

However, if any democracy is not structured so as to prohibit the government from excluding the people from the legislative process, or any branch of government from altering the separation of powers in its own favor, then a branch of the system can accumulate too much power and destroy the democracy.

According to Dedham's Charter, the " administration of all the fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of the town, with the government thereof, shall be vested in a legislative branch, to consist of a representative town meeting.

The legislative branch consists of a unicameral Legislative Assembly.

Since real political power belongs to the sole legal party, in certain states under Marxist constitutions of the constitutionally socialist state type inspired by the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR ) and its constitutive Soviet republics, there was no formal office of head of state, but rather the leader of the legislative branch was considered to be the closest common equivalent of a head of state as a natural person.

The constitution designates the governance of India under two branches, namely: the executive branch and the legislative branch.

The constitution designates the Parliament of India as the legislative branch to oversee the operation of the government.

Both the executive branch and the legislative branch of the government are run by the representatives of the political parties who have been elected through the elections.

The legislative branch is composed of the Council of Representatives and a Federation Council.

The structure of the US federal government may also have made its membership problematic, as its representatives at the League could not have made decisions on behalf of the United States executive branch without having prior approval of the legislative branch.

In practice however, more power is vested in the executive branch of government than in the legislative, and the judiciary has been weakened by sustained attacks by the government during the Mahathir era.

In addition to establishing Mongolia as an independent, sovereign republic and guaranteeing a number of rights and freedoms, the new constitution restructured the legislative branch of government, creating a unicameral legislature, the State Great Khural ( SGKh ).

Under its provisions, the king remained the central figure in the executive branch of the government, but legislative power was vested in a bicameral parliament, and an independent judiciary was guaranteed.

These interpretations are distinguished from statutory law which are the statutes and codes enacted by legislative bodies, and regulatory law which are regulations established by executive branch agencies.

The legislative power of the government is vested in a bicameral parliament called Tynwald ( said to be the world's oldest continuously existing parliament ), which consists of the directly elected House of Keys and the indirectly chosen Legislative Council.

Legislative power is vested in the Parliament of Malta which consists of the President of Malta and the unicameral House of Representatives of Malta with the Speaker presiding officer of the legislative body.

* in Indonesia: People's Consultative Assembly, consists of People's Representative Council ( elected, legislative lower house ) and Regional Representative Council ( elected, legislative upper house with limited powers )

The Romulan government consists of several parts: the Romulan Senate, the main governing and legislative body in a large chamber on Romulus.

Every state except Nebraska has a bicameral legislature, meaning that the legislature consists of two separate legislative chambers or houses.

Richmond city government consists of a city council with representatives from nine districts serving in a legislative and oversight capacity, as well as a popularly elected, at-large mayor serving as head of the executive branch.

The legislative branch consists of a bicameral Legislative Assembly made up of a Senate upper chamber and a House of Representatives lower chamber.

The legislative assembly consists of 52 deputies.

The City Council serves as a legislative body and consists of five Council members, one of whom is chosen to act as Mayor for a one-year term on a rotating basis.

The Village Board is the legislative body for the village, and consists of six trustees elected for a four-year term.

The Town Council replaced Town Meeting as the legislative branch and consists of four at-large members and five district councilors.

The entire legislative branch consists of the Board of Commissioners.

The legislative branch consists of a Township Board of Commissioners of seven ( 7 ) members, each serving 4-year terms.

The legislative branch consists of a nine member council.

The Municipal Council which consists of 51 municipal counselors, represents the legislative power and is elected according to the proportional system by parties ' lists.

The European Union maintains a bicameral legislative system which consists of the European Parliament, which is elected in general elections on the basis of universal suffrage, and the Council of the European Union which consists of members of the governments of the Member States which are competent for the relevant field of legislation.

The legal structure of Puntland consists of the judiciary, legislative ( House of Representatives ) and the executive ( the President and his nominated council of Ministries ) branches of government.

MOYIG consists of legislative, judicial, and executive branches, and students are able to hold offices such as speaker of the House, committee chair, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and chief justice or justice of the Supreme Court.

A common scene in Taiwanese news consists of ministers being asked harsh questions by legislative committees.

The Philadelphia City Council, the legislative body of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, consists of ten members elected by district and seven members elected at-large.

BSG consists of the three traditional branches of government: legislative, judicial, and executive.