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local legislature Hist. 
a colonial or a provincial legislature.
See also: local assembly local house local parliament
- 1774 Indeed the restraints laid by this act upon the local legislature confine its discretionary powers within very narrow bounds, and almost reduce it to a necessity of exercising its authority for the general good only.
- 1836 The Local Legislature is divided against itself, one of the Houses seeking the destruction of the other for several years past.
- 1867 The local legislatures are to be known as the Provincial Legislatures of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, respectively.
- 1916 In 1888, a local legislature was created, with limited powers, later somewhat enlarged.
- 1774 Indeed the restraints laid by this act upon the local legislature confine its discretionary powers within very narrow bounds, and almost reduce it to a necessity of exercising its authority for the general good only.