LEGISLATIVE

[adjective] [not gradable] [formal]The European Parliament will have greater legislative powers (= ability to make laws).The legislative assembly (US usually assembly) is one of the two parts of the organization which makes laws in some American and Australian states, most Canadian provinces and some countries.The lower house of the state parliaments of New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia is called the legislative assembly.The legislative council is one of the two parts of the organization which makes laws in some Australian and Indian states.The upper house of the state parliaments of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia is called the legislative council.