Legislative power
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The lawmaking power; the department of government whose function is the framing and enactment of laws.
Evansville v. State, 118 Ind. 426, 21 N. E. 267, 4 L. R. A. 93; Sanders v. Cabaniss, 43 Ala. 180; Brown v. Galveston, 97 Tex. 1, 75 S. W. 495; O'Neil v. American F. Ins. Co., 166 Pa. 72, 30 AtL 943, 26 In R. A. 715, 45 Am. St Rep. 650.