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Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive; as, a legislative act; a legislative body.
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Of or pertaining to the making of laws; suitable to legislation; as, the transaction of legislative business; the legislative style.
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Having the function of making laws.
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Having to do with making laws; often refers to the group of elected officials, such as the U.S. Congress, who get together to make laws.
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The branch of government that makes the laws.
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one of the three divisions of democratic government, responsible for researching and writing basic laws and rules
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Pertaining to the power to make laws as opposed to administrative, executive and judicial.
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