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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
legislation. This ‘word signifies an assembly. It was used among the Romans to express the meeting of only.a part of the people, and that the most respectable, in opposition to the assemblies of the whole people. It is now usually applied to the legislative bodies of cities and boroughs.