By the 1820s, it required legislative approval for each act of manumission.

This wave of municipal reformations was fomented by legislation that allowed a borough to be created by a referendum with no further legislative approval required.

In 1882, he obtained legislative approval of changes in the department which gave him immense power.

On the fast side of communications, it would provide legislative approval for a new peacetime instrument of foreign policy.

However, presidential systems often need legislative approval of executive nominations to the cabinet, judiciary, and various lower governmental posts.