legislative
having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
of or relating to the enactment of laws: legislative proceedings; legislative power.
pertaining to a legislature: a legislative recess.
enacted or ordained by legislation or a legislature: legislative ruling; legislative remedy.
Origin of legislative
1Other words from legislative
- leg·is·la·tive·ly, adverb
- non·leg·is·la·tive, adjective
- non·leg·is·la·tive·ly, adverb
- pre·leg·is·la·tive, adjective
- pseu·do·leg·is·la·tive, adjective
- qua·si-leg·is·la·tive, adjective
- qua·si-leg·is·la·tive·ly, adverb
- sem·i·leg·is·la·tive, adjective
- sem·i·leg·is·la·tive·ly, adverb
- un·leg·is·la·tive, adjective
- un·leg·is·la·tive·ly, adverb
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How to use legislative in a sentence
Today’s Republicans strip power from governors in lame-duck legislative sessions.
The left-wing Working Families Party endorsed challengers in four legislative primaries, and all four of them were in the lead as of Wednesday morning.
Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccine; Biden says Americans shouldn’t trust Trump | Colby Itkowitz, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner | September 16, 2020 | Washington PostAlthough scant polling is available for state legislative races, it’s reasonable to assume down-ballot races will follow the top of the ticket … which could allow Democrats to break the Republican supermajority, if not win a majority of their own.
Can This Millennial Power Broker Lead an Ohio Comeback for Democrats? | Nick Fouriezos | September 10, 2020 | OzyMany states had finished their normal legislative session at the time of Floyd’s death and are planning to address police accountability next year.
A summer of protests exposed deep demands for change—and entrenched obstacles | kdunn6 | September 7, 2020 | FortuneSo what we’ve seen now—and this is mostly legislative efforts in the US—is bills that mandate accuracy and nondiscrimination audits for facial-recognition systems.
Eight case studies on regulating biometric technology show us a path forward | Karen Hao | September 4, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
But Lomax can heave a small sigh of relief, at least for now: legislative reform to the 1033 program will not happen in 2014.
SWAT Lobby Shoots to Kill Police Reform After Ferguson | Tim Mak | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe FSLN-controlled legislative assembly approved the mega-project under a cloud of secrecy in a record seven days.
China’s Nicaragua Canal Could Spark a New Central America Revolution | Nina Lakhani | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTVice President Jindal: “Here is a good, intelligent, and reasonable plan for legislative action.”
What new legislative attacks on the basic rights and opportunities of women might they put on the table?
Rather than not pass a legislative fix, Congress in fact does so.
It was strenuously opposed by all possible means, governmental, legislative, and literary.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Again, common law decisions are not binding on the courts that make them like statutes or legislative commands.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesClearly, it was no mere question of taxation but the larger question of legislative independence that now confronted Americans.
The Eve of the Revolution | Carl BeckerPerpetual charters are infrequently granted, and some of the older ones have been limited by legislative or judicial action.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThe first of these was not of a nature to call for, or perhaps admit of, direct and specific legislative interference.
British Dictionary definitions for legislative
/ (ˈlɛdʒɪslətɪv) /
of or relating to legislation
having the power or function of legislating: a legislative assembly
of or relating to a legislature
rare another word for legislature
Derived forms of legislative
- legislatively, adverb
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