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.]
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1. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws;
lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive; as, a
legislative act; a legislative body.
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The supreme legislative power of England was lodged
in the king and great council, or what was
afterwards called the Parliament. --Hume.
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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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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"