legislative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: legislative	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for legislative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
legislative adj relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature; "legislative council" of or relating to or created by legislation; "legislative proposal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Legislative \Leg"islative\ (l[ecr]j"[icr]sl[asl]t[icr]v), a. [Cf. F. l[82]gislatif.] 1. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from {executive}; as, a legislative act; a legislative body. The supreme legislative power of England was lodged in the king and great council, or what was afterwards called the Parliament. --Hume. 2. Of or pertaining to the making of laws; suitable to legislation; as, the transaction of legislative business; the legislative style.