bicameral legislature

1. A legislature with two houses, or chambers. The British parliament is a bicameral legislature, made up of the House of Commons and the House of Lords . Likewise, the United States Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate .

Example Sentences

At the national level, we have a bicameral legislature because of the overall workings of the federal system.

From The Daily Beast

It is a bicameral legislature composed of an upper house, the Senate, and a lower house, the House of Delegates.

From Project Gutenberg

The legislative branch in North Dakota consists of a bicameral legislature which meets in January each odd-numbered year.

From Project Gutenberg