The phrase "a legislative expression" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a statement or declaration made within the context of legislation or law-making.
Example: "The bill included a legislative expression of the government's commitment to environmental protection."
Alternatives: "a legal statement" or "a statutory declaration".
The court reasoned that "in the absence of a clear legislative expression to the contrary, the statute must be flexibly applied so as to implement its policies and purposes". 259 F.Supp., at 680-681.
The former may lead to a change in the legislative expression of the general will; possibly to a change in the opinion of the judiciary; the latter enforces the general will, whilst that will and that opinion continue unchanged.
But, since his new bill is lacking key details, it should be regarded as the legislative expression of a shared aspiration rather than as a blueprint for action, or as a death knell for the Affordable Care Act.
It was seen as a sort of metaphor, the legislative expression of Republicans' and Democrats' shared desire to rein in the deficit, but complete disagreement over how to do it.
This reality finds its legislative expression in a passage from the charter of the Council that gives the Council the authority to make rules of conduct for all resident members of the university but also says that this authority shall normally be delegated to bodies representative of groups most affected by those rules.
The legislative expression of this divine right is the "doctor fix," a periodic budget ritual designed to override a 13-year-old law aimed at keeping Medicare spending growing no faster than the rest of the economy.
That fear found legislative expression in the Espionage Act of 1917, which greatly enhanced the federal government's capacity for domestic surveillance.
Increasingly offences related to sex work have been conflated in various combinations into the concept of "sex trafficking" or "trafficking and sexual exploitation" and given legislative expression, including in laws that criminalise buying sex.
(The letter says that Google requires more than just an expression of goodwill from the Lahore High Court; it needs a "legislative change" in Pakistan that insures Intermediary Liability Protection for Web forums in general).
As a legislative matter, Mr. Boehner's resolution has no practical effect, and is little more than an expression of opinion.
