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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A legislature is a type of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws.The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. Legislatures are known by many names, the most common being parliament and congress, although these terms also have more specific meanings. In parliamentary systems of government, the legislature is formally supreme and appoints a member from its house as the prime minister which acts as the executive. In separation of powers doctrine, the legislature in a presidential system is considered a power branch which is coequal to and independent of both the judiciary and the executive.In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise taxes and adopt the budget and other money bills.