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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature;
- Example: "legislative council"

2. of or relating to or created by legislation;
- Example: "legislative proposal"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Legislative \Leg"is*la*tive\ (l[e^]j"[i^]s*l[asl]*t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. l['e]gislatif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive; as, a legislative act; a legislative body. [1913 Webster] The supreme legislative power of England was lodged in the king and great council, or what was afterwards called the Parliament. --Hume. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the making of laws; suitable to legislation; as, the transaction of legislative business; the legislative style. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "legislative": actionable, applicable, authorized, bicameral, competent, congressional, constitutional, deliberative, judicial, juridical, just, justiciable, kosher, lawful, lawmaking, legal, legislatorial, legit, legitimate, licit, parliamentary, rightful, sanctioned, senatorial, statutory, unicameral, valid, within the law