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legislative

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leg·is·la·tive  (lj-sltv)
adj.
1. Of or relating to the enactment of laws.
2. Resulting from or decided by legislation.
3. Having the power to create laws; intended to legislate.
4. Of or relating to a legislature.
n.
The legislative body of a government; a legislature.

legis·lative·ly adv.

legislative [ˈlɛdʒɪslətɪv]
adj
1. (Law) of or relating to legislation
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) having the power or function of legislating a legislative assembly
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of or relating to a legislature
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Rare another word for legislature
legislatively  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.legislative - relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature; "legislative council"
2.legislative - of or relating to or created by legislation; "legislative proposal"

legislative
adjective law-making, parliamentary, congressional, judicial, ordaining, law-giving, juridical, jurisdictive the country's highest legislative body
Translations
legislative [ˈledʒɪslətɪv]
A. ADJlegislativo
B. CPD legislative action Nacción f legislativa
legislative body Ncuerpo m legislativo
legislative [ˈlɛdʒɪslətɪv] adj [body, assembly] → législatif/ive; [reform, programme, proposal] → législatif/ive; [elections] → législatif/ive
legislative
adjgesetzgebend, legislativ (geh); legislative reformsGesetzesreformen pl; legislative programme (Brit) or program (US) (of government)Gesetzgebungsprogramm nt
legislative [ˈlɛdʒɪslətɪv] adjlegislativo/a
legislative [ˈlɛdʒɪslətɪv] adjlegislativo/a


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"My public servants have been fools and rogues from the date of your accession to power," replied the State; "my legislative bodies, both State and municipal, are bands of thieves; my taxes are insupportable; my courts are corrupt; my cities are a disgrace to civilisation; my corporations have their hands at the throats of every private interest - all my affairs are in disorder and criminal confusion.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
The hero's rogue servant, Chispa, seemed to me, then and long afterwards, so fine a bit of Spanish character that I chose his name for my first pseudonym when I began to write for the newspapers, and signed my legislative correspondence for a Cincinnati paper with it.
 
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