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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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
The Supreme Court said that members of the FTC, as this quasi-legislative and judicial agency, had certain protections against firing for that particular reason.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 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
The only quasi-legislative body by which the ratio decidendi of such a decision could be disallowed would be an international gathering in which British views might find scanty support.
From Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) by Sir Thomas Erskine Holland
