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legislative |
2 definitions found 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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