Defn: The office of a legislator. Halifax.
LEGISLATRESS; LEGISLATRIX
Leg"is*la`tress, Leg"is*la`trix, n.
Defn: A woman who makes laws. Shaftesbury.
LEGISLATURE
Leg"is*la`ture, n. Etym: [Cf. F. législature.]
Defn: The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body. Without the concurrent consent of all three parts of the legislature, no law is, or can be, made. Sir M. Hale.
Note: The legislature of Great Britain consists of the Lords and Commons, with the king or queen, whose sanction is necessary to every bill before it becomes a law. The legislatures of most of the United States consist of two houses or branches; but the sanction or consent of the governor is required to give their acts the force of law, or a concurrence of two thirds of the two houses after he has refused his sanction and assigned his objections.
LEGIST
Le"gist, n. Etym: [F. légiste, LL. legista, fr. L. lex, legis, law.
See Legal.]
Defn: One skilled in the laws; a writer on law. Milman. J. Morley.
LEGITIM
Le*git"im, n. Etym: [See Legitimate, a.] (Scots Law)
Defn: The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.