Legislature

legislature [ LEJ-is-ley-cher ]
[ noun ]

MEANING :
1. (n.) an officially elected body of people vested with the responsibility and authority to make laws
2. (n.) the branch of government having the authority to make laws

EXAMPLE 1 :
As a member of the legislature, he wielded a lot of influence in the state.

EXAMPLE 2 :
But the Law Lords dealt exclusively with points of law, and it was to the betterment of justice that they were also members of the legislature.