That branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws.

Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking

By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.

plural of legislative

simple past tense and past participle of legislate

Created through legislation.

plural of legislator

The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws. / Law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body

especially a member of a legislative body. / especially not any individual member of a legislative body but the abstracted author of a statute or statutes relevant for the principles of interpretation.

To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).