Synonyms for legislative
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lej-is-ley-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪ tɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for legislative
Définition of legislative
Origin :- 1640s; from legislator + -ive. Related: Legislatively.
- adj lawmaking
- The Constitution is neither a legislative crazy-quilt nor a receptacle of fads.
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- In all legislative affairs it is the natural collaborator with the President.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Such an Act is not a legislative phenomenon but a psychopathic one.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- With this Congress Judge Spalding's legislative career closed.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- "All the legislative measures in the world will do nothing," said the doctor.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- Are they not found in our Legislative Halls in fair proportion with men of different pursuits?
- Extract from : « Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866 » by Henry Howland Crapo
- The powers of the ordinary council are administrative rather than legislative.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- But the assembly only exists for the purposes of election, and has no legislative or executive powers.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- Why, sir, where's the statesman can point to such a list of legislative acts?
- Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
- This is shown clearly in both the legislative and the popular vote.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
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