legislative
adjective
having the function of making laws.
quasi-legislative
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a word derived from
legislative.
Example Sentences
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Humphrey’s, which in 1935 had called the same agency’s functions quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial, was “a result in search of a rationale.”
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
United States drew a distinction between “purely executive officers” who were under the president’s control and those who served on a board “with quasi-judicial or quasi-legislative functions.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
“But they didn’t. They said I was seeking a quasi-legislative change through a quasi-judicial process.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2023
Bern's lawyer Alain Chablais told the court in opening remarks that any prescriptive measures issued by the court would represent an overreach, giving it a "quasi-legislative" role.
From Reuters ● Mar. 29, 2023
Thus, while formulas may serve to steady and guide its judgment, the Court's real function in this area of judicial review is essentially that of an arbitral or quasi-legislative body.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin
