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Sep 22, 2025 · Learn about the 3 branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. Understand how each branch of U.S. government provides checks and balances.

The meaning of LEGISLATIVE is having the power or performing the function of legislating. How to use legislative in a sentence.

Congress is the legislative branch of government. A special legislative session has been called to deal with the state deficit. The pricing plan failed to win legislative approval before the close of …

Legislatures are among the principal institutions of state, typically contrasted with the executive and judicial institutions. They may exist at different levels of governance—national, …

All legislative power in the government is vested in Congress, meaning that it is the only part of the government that can make new laws or change existing laws.

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LEGISLATIVE definition: having the function of making laws. See examples of legislative used in a sentence.

Nov 17, 2017 · The legislative branch of the federal government, composed primarily of the U.S. Congress, is responsible for making the country’s laws.