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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Legislative \Leg"is*la*tive\ (l[e^]j"[i^]s*l[asl]*t[i^]v), a.
[Cf. F. l['e]gislatif.]
1. Making, or having the power to make a law or laws;
lawmaking; -- distinguished from {executive}; as a
legislative act a legislative body.
The supreme legislative power of England was lodged
in the king and great council, or what was
afterwards called the Parliament. --Hume.
2. Of or pertaining to the making of laws; suitable to
legislation; as the transaction of legislative business;
the legislative style.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
legislative
adj 1: relating to a legislature or composed of members of a
legislature; "legislative council"
2: of or relating to or created by legislation; "legislative
proposal"
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