LEGISLATIVE

Making or giving laws; pertaining to the function of law-making or to the proce of enactment of laws. See Evansville v. State, 118 Ind. 426, 21 N. E. 267, 4 L. R. A. 93. -Legislative department. That department of; government whose a-ppropriate function i11 the making or_ enactment of laws, as distinguished from the judicial department, which interprets and applies the laws, and the executive department, which carries tbem into execution and effect. See In re Davies, 168 N. Y. 89, 61 N. E. 118, 56 L. R. A. 855.-Legislative of.; fleer. A -member of the legislative body or de-, part ment of a state or municipal corporation. See Prosecuting Attorney v. Judge of Record• er', Court, 59 Mich. 529, 26 N. W. 694.-Legi•• lative power, The lawmaking power; the department of govern men.t whose function is the - framing and enactment 6f law■. Evansville v. State, 118 Ind. 426, 21 N.. E. 267, 4 L. R. A. [s. 716]