LegislativeCouncil

1.英国议会的上院

2.(英国殖民地或美国领地的)一院制议会

3.美国州议会的常设委员会

1.a permanent committee consisting of members of both houses of a two-chamber state legislature who discuss issues of common concern and plan legislative programs

2.the upper house of the two-chamber legislature in some British Commonwealth countries, e.g. in most South Asian and Australian states

3.the single-chamber legislature of some former British colonies