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a.
Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; -- said of a legislative assembly.
adv.
In a legislative manner.
a.
Of or pertaining to the making of laws; suitable to legislation; as, the transaction of legislative business; the legislative style.
n.
An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
n.
Alt. of Legislatrix
v. t.
Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election.
n.
Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of the legislative assembly, where a member stands while making an address; any place occupied by a public orator.
a.
Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature.
imp. & p. p.
of Legislate
n.
The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Legislate
a.
In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5.
comp.
Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature.
a.
Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive; as, a legislative act; a legislative body.
v. t.
To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill.
n.
A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power.
n.
A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.
v. t.
To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.
n.
The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.
n.
The office of a legislator.
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