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legislative /ˈlɛdʒɪslətɪv /adjective1Having the power to make laws: the country’s supreme legislative body...- He examines the roles of the judicial and legislative bodies in the U.S. in framing labor markets.
- We have no charter defining the scope of the powers of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government.
- All government bodies, executive, legislative, and judicial are now subordinate to the government.
Synonyms law-making, law-giving, judicial, juridical, jurisdictive, parliamentary, congressional, senatorial, deliberative, governmental, policy-making, administrative rare legislatorial Often contrasted with executive. 1.1Relating to legislation: legislative proposals...- If the EU Council adopted the legislative proposal of May 18th, it would do so without democratic legitimacy.
- MsCoughlan said the next step would be the publication of formal legislative proposals by the Commission.
- Blogger Ed Foster mulls over legislative and regulatory proposals on the table.
1.2Relating to a legislature: legislative elections...- When the pan-blue camp grabbed a victory in the 2004 legislative elections, people were shocked.
- Similarly, states are free to experiment with such things in their state legislative elections.
- The legislative election will be held on April 5, and new legislators will assume their posts in October.
Derivativeslegislatively adverb ...- Should the citizens of Florida determine that its law should be changed, it should be done legislatively.
- As we noted a few days ago, the Democrats can't win this legislatively.
- They serve to impose what could never be legislatively enacted.
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