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Dictionary: leg·is·la·tor   (lĕj'ĭ-slā'tər) pronunciation
n.
One that creates or enacts laws, especially a member of a legislative body.

[French législateur, from Old French, from Latin lēgis lātor : lēgis, genitive of lēx, law + lātor, proposer, bearer (from lātus, past participle of ferre, to propose, bear).]

legislatorial leg'is·la·to'ri·al (-lə-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) adj.
legislatorship leg'is·la'tor·ship' n.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: someone who makes or enacts laws


Wikipedia: Legislator
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A legislator (or lawmaker) is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are usually politicians and are often elected by the people. Legislatures may be supra-national (for example, the United Nations General Assembly), national (for example, the United States Congress), regional (for example, the Scottish Parliament) or local (for example, local authorities).

The political theory of the separation of powers requires legislators to be different individuals from the members of the executive and the judiciary. Certain political systems adhere to this principle, others do not. In the United Kingdom, for example, the executive is formed almost exclusively from legislators (members of Parliament) although the judiciary is mostly independent (until reforms in 2005, the Lord Chancellor uniquely was a legislator, a member of the executive (indeed, the Cabinet), and a judge).

In continental European jurisprudence and legal discussion, "the legislator" (le législateur) is the abstract entity that has produced the laws. When there is room for interpretation, the intents of the legislator will be questioned, and the court is supposed to rule in the direction that it judges to fit the legislative intent the best — which can be uneasy, in the case of conflicting laws or constitutional provisions.

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United States legislatures

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Provincial and territorial legislators

Australian legislatures


Translations: Legislator
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lovgiver, medlem af lovgivende forsamling

Nederlands (Dutch)
wetgever, lid van wetgevend lichaam

Français (French)
n. - (Jur, Pol) législateur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gesetzgeber

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νομοθέτης

Italiano (Italian)
legislatore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - legislador

Русский (Russian)
законодатель

Español (Spanish)
n. - legislador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lagstiftare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
立法者, 立法委员, 立法官

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 立法者, 立法委員, 立法官

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 입법자 , 입법부 의원

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 立法者, 立法府の議員

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المشرع, المشترع, وبخاصه العضو في هيئه تشريعيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חבר בית מחוקקים, מחוקק‬


 
 
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