Sentence examples for general legislative from inspiring English sources

The NCAA functions as a general legislative and administrative authority for men's and women's intercollegiate athletics.

It led to Indonesia's first free ballot in four decades on June 7th, when a general legislative election was held.

Voters indicated in polls earlier this month that they had a distaste for protracted taxes, caps on spending during inflation periods and general legislative and gubernatorial will.

The divided Legislature, known for its partisan disputes and gridlock, late budgets and general legislative paralysis, is still going strong, with the majorities in both houses growing.

Any state embodies the general legislative will better than no state.

He meant that a rightful condition, the opposite of the state of nature, is possible only when there is some means for individuals to be governed by the "general legislative will" (6 320).

In 1831 a general chapter (legislative meeting) voted to begin work in the foreign missions.

Mr. Bush also said today he would nominate Daniel Bryant to be the assistant attorney general for legislative affairs.

Days before, the Obama administration called on Congress to reauthorize the three expiring Patriot Act provisions in a letter from Ronald Weich, assistant attorney general for legislative affairs.

For instance, the list includes the assistant secretary of agriculture for Congressional relations; the assistant secretary of defense for networks and information integration; and the assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, among others.

Big Oil thus appears to be calling the shots for Republican Party leaders at their highest levels in all three branches of US government – the executive (presidential nominee), judicial (attorneys general), and legislative (members of Congress).