legislativelyadv.
/ˈlɛdʒᵻslətᵻvli/, U.S. /ˈlɛdʒəˌsleɪdᵻvli/ In a legislative manner; by legislation.
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a1643 J. Spelman Case of Affaires (1644) 6 Whatsoever passed before, it [sc. the absolute supreme Court] pro re natâ legislatively judgeth, maketh, and declareth Law.
1650 Exercitation conc. Usurped Powers 27 Those who..assume a power not legally in them, and act legislatively.
1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 4 in Athenæ Britannicæ III. Protestant Countries where Jesuitism and Papism are Legislatively Tolerated or Executively Permitted.
1795 Sun 3 Dec. They would be the judges of a man whom they had already legislatively condemned.
1822 Ann. Reg. 1820 (Otridge ed.) i. Hist. Europe 154/1 It was only legislatively that the Lords could have to deal with this matter.
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 July 3/2 Our national characteristic is..a tendency to deal legislatively in a permissive or tentative style.
1921 Yale Law Jrnl. 30 683 The modern public service commission acts judicially, as well as legislatively and executively.
1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Mar. 2/3 Miss Sugiyama is expected soon to win legislatively what she lost in the courts.
2007 Calif. Law Rev. 95 130 The new Republican Governor pursued those policies he could not win legislatively through the ballot box instead.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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