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LEGISLATIVELY
legislatively
(adverb) by legislation; “legislatively determined”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
legislatively (not comparable)
By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
The base was legislatively closed: basically they passed a law saying to do it.
Source: Wiktionary
Leg"is*la*tive*ly, adv.
Definition: In a legislative manner.
LEGISLATIVE
Leg"is*la*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. législatij.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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