Editing Legislative chamber (section)

{{Short description|Assembly of representatives of a representative democracy}}
{{Distinguish|legislative assembly|debate chamber}}
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[[File:Parliament at Sunset.JPG|thumb|The [[Palace of Westminster]], meeting place of the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom's]] legislative bodies.]]

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A '''legislative chamber''' or '''house''' is a [[deliberative assembly]] within a [[legislature]] which generally meets and votes separately from the legislature's other chambers.<ref>[http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/legislatures/legislative-organization-and-procedures-overview.aspx Legislative Organization & Procedures]. ''The National Conference of State Legislatures''. www.ncsl.org. Retrieved June 29, 2013.</ref> Legislatures are usually [[Unicameralism|unicameral]], consisting of only one chamber, or [[Bicameralism|bicameral]], consisting of two, but there are rare examples of [[Tricameralism|tricameral]] and [[Tetracameralism|tetracameral]] legislatures. The [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] is the only country documented as having a [[Pentacameralism|pentacameral]] (later [[Hexacameralism|hexacameral]]) legislature.