Executive
Executive adjective - Suited for or relating to the directing of things.
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Synonyms for Executive
Legislative and executive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Legislative" instead an adjective "Executive".
Legislative
Legislative adjective - Relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature.
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Synonyms for Legislative
Executive and legislative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Executive" instead an adjective "Legislative".
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Related pairs
- management and executive
- management and legislative
- ruling and executive
- ruling and legislative
- government and executive
- government and legislative
- authoritative and executive
- authoritative and legislative
- superintendent and executive
- superintendent and legislative
- governing and executive
- governing and legislative
- controlling and executive
- controlling and legislative
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Significant legislative and executive power also rested in the Citizens' Assembly, from which Senators were excluded.
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In fact, it's against the law for any public official to serve in two branches of government (executive and legislative in this case) at the same time.
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To streamline the government, Labour decided to strip the post of Lord Chancellor of almost all its powers and create the positions of Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Speaker with most of the post's old executive and legislative duties, respectively.
Source: She Is the King
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