legislative power
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 277 U.S. 189 - Springer v. Government of the Philippine Islands Agoncillo · 1928Most cited · 668 citing opinions
Legislative power, as distinguished from executive power, is the authority to make laws, but not to enforce them or appoint the agents charged with the duty of such enforcement. The latter are executive functions.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The authority, under the constitution, to make laws, and to alter or repeal them.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.
Defined under Legislative in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The lawmaking power; the department of government whose function is the framing and enactment of laws.