\Leg"is*la*tive\ (l[e^]j"[i^]s*l[asl]*t[i^]v), a.
[Cf. F. l['e]gislatif.]
1. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws;
   lawmaking; -- distinguished from {executive}; as, a
   legislative act; a legislative body.
         The supreme legislative power of England was lodged
         in the king and great council, or what was
         afterwards called the Parliament.     --Hume.
2. Of or pertaining to the making of laws; suitable to
   legislation; as, the transaction of legislative business;
   the legislative style.