Dictionary entry

Deliberative

Webster's Dictionary 1913

De‐lib″er‐a‐tive (?), a. [L. deliberativus: cf. F. délibératif.] Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body.

A consummate work of deliberative wisdom. Bancroft.

The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown. Hallam.