He referred to a decision on "land for peace" taken by the nominal Palestinian legislature when it met in Amman in 1984.

But in February 1955, he stood before the Supreme Soviet, the nominal legislature, and announced his resignation.

That has benefited the third-ranking member of the hierarchy, Qiao Shi, a former security chief who now heads China's nominal legislature.

There is also the Council of the District of Columbia, the nominal legislature for the District.

The reform he recently had approved by the Supreme Soviet, the nominal legislature, is a first step.

The Supreme Soviet is the Soviet Union's nominal legislature.

Last month's session of China's nominal legislature, the National People's Congress, provided tantalizing signs of political ferment.

Cosimo deposited a succession bill in the Senate, Tuscany's nominal legislature, on 26 November.

His address comes just one week before the opening of the annual session of China's nominal legislature, the National People's Congress.

The original proposal from the republican leaders had called for a largely nominal legislature appointed by the republics.