Pertaining to or resulting from legislation; ordained by a legislator or a legislature; having statutory force or quality: as, legislative proceedings; a legislative prohibition.
Having power to legislate; enacting or uttering laws; lawmaking: as, a legislative body; legislative authority.
Of or belonging to a legislature; relating to or consisting of a body of legislators: as, a legislative committee; a legislative vote; a legislative recess.
noun.
A person, as a prince or dictator, or a body of persons, as a parliamentary assembly, invested with authority to make or alter laws. Compare executive.