Definitions for: Legislative

[adj] of or relating to or created by legislation; "legislative proposal"
[adj] relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature; "legislative council"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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