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Webster 1913 Edition
Legislative
Leg′is-la-tive
(lĕj′ĭs-lā̍-tĭv)
, Adj.
[Cf. F.
législatif
.] 1.
Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; – distinguished from
executive
; as, a
. legislative
act; a legislative
bodyThe 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.Webster 1828 Edition
Legislative
LEG'ISLATIVE
, a.1.
Giving or enacting laws; as a legislative body.2.
Capable of enacting laws; as legislative power.3.
Pertaining to the enacting of laws; suitable to laws; as the legislative style.4.
Done by enacting; as a legislative act.[Note. In this word, and in legislator, legislatrix, legislature, the accent is nearly equal on the first and third syllables, and a, in the third, has its first or long sound.]
Definition 2024
Legislative
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See also: Legislative and législative
English
Adjective
legislative (comparative more legislative, superlative most legislative)
- Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking
- a legislative act
- Although enormously influential in shaping the laws of the land, The House of Lords are not actually a legislative body.
- The legislative framework provides much opportunity for correction and amendment of poorly thought out bills.
Translations
Making or having the power to make laws
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Noun
legislative (uncountable)
- That branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws.
Translations
branch of government responsible for making laws
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