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legislative

/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/ noun C2
  1. That branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws.

Plural legislatives

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The sheer severity of the miasma disrupted legislative proceedings so profoundly that lawmakers seriously considered relocating their administrative operations away from the capital entirely.
The Great Stink and the Engineering of a Modern Metropolis, p. 1 · C2
Instead, the government was finally spurred into definitive and monumental legislative action.
The Great Stink and the Engineering of a Modern Metropolis, p. 1 · C2

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