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legislatures and lawmaking  

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  • The term legislature was first applied to Parliament in the late sevententh and early eighteenth centuries in England, thereby attributing lawmaking power to an institution that had existed since the twelfth century. Medieval parliaments were assemblies of the principal status groups in society convened irregularly by monarchs for consultation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Legislatures and Lawmaking]

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