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Definition of: legislative
(lej′is·lā′tiv) adjective
1. Having the power to legislate; that makes or enacts laws: distinguished from administrative and judicial.
2. Of, pertaining to, or suitable to legislation.
3. Of or pertaining to a legislature.
—noun The law–making power in government.
—leg′is·la′tive·ly adverb
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