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legative, a. (n.)|ˈlɛgətɪv|
[ad. late L. lēgātīvus, f. lēgāre: see legate v. and -ative.]
A. adj.
a. In legative bull, legative commission: Empowering as a representative, deputing; conferring the authority of a legate.
b. Of or pertaining to a legate.
c. rarely. Of or pertaining to an ambassador.
1537Irish Act 28 Hen. VIII, c. 19 §1 Appeales, jurisdictions legative,..and instruments of sundry natures. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VI, 100 b, By a Bull legatyve, whiche he purchased at Rome, he gathered so muche treasure, that [etc.]. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, iii. ii. 339 All those things you haue done of late By your power Legatiue [mod. edd. legatine] within this kingdom. 1631J. Burges Answ. Rejoined 86 If the Church haue a ministery to appoint..then must shee needs haue a commission legatiue. 1638Sir R. Cotton Abstr. Rec. Tower 27 Thus did Cardinall Wolsey with Wareham the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and all other the Bishops of the Kingdome after hee had got his Legative power. 1886Law Times LXXX. 146/2 An attaché, not being a domestic servant of an ambassador, was not entitled to the legative privilege of exemption from process in the courts.
†B. n. ? Something entrusted with a message.
1657J. Pettus in Loveday's Lett. (1659) A iv, The latter Age hath even robb'd the poor of their raggs, torturing them with Mills and other Engines, till in paper they are made Legatives to most of our humane affairs. |