Brought up amidst official duties, and aiming constantly at legislatorial distinction, he had acquired eminent skill in managing. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
The Lords will have a good debate or two, but can do little legislatorial work unless it please the other House to supply the material to work upon. From Wordnik.com. [London: Saturday, May 23, 1864] Reference
But we do regard it as matter of satisfaction that, on the whole, the process which is being now resorted to will tend rather to abridge than to widen the distance between the legislatorial power and the settled convictions. From Wordnik.com. [Reconstruction, British and American] Reference
It was said upwards of sixty thousand persons attended, and unanimously elected Sir Charles Wolseley their legislatorial attorney, and representative for Birmingham, with directions that he should apply to the Speaker to take his seat. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3] Reference
We therefore arranged that our Annual Fair should be held a fortnight later than usual, and that the proceeds (a circumstance known only to the managers) should be devoted to a series of choice suppers, at which we entertained, not only the Governor and our friends in both Houses, but also, like true Christians, our legislatorial enemies. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home] Reference
On the 15th Bills of Indictment were found, at Chester, against Sir Charles Wolseley and the Rev. Joseph Harrison, for political speeches made at a great public meeting for Reform, at Stockport; and on the 31st the Gazette contained a proclamation against seditious meetings, particularly denouncing the election of representatives or legislatorial attorneys as illegal. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3] Reference
Smithfield Meeting, be elected the representative and legislatorial attorney for the unrepresented people of the Metropolis, &c. He also alluded to the great public meeting, which was to be held at Manchester in the beginning of August, and stated, that it was the intention of the people on that day to follow the example of the people of Birmingham and the Metropolis. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3] Reference
The Conventionalists themselves, however, had learned by this time that neither peace nor security could be expected, unless some form of government were adopted, in which the legislative and the executive functions should at least appear to be separated; and they were also at length inclined to admit the excellence of that part of the British constitution, which, dividing the legislatorial power between two assemblies of senators, thus acquires the advantage of a constant revision of counsels, and regulates the political machine by a system of mutual checks and balances. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Napoleon Buonaparte]
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