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HOME | Definition of legislation (LEGISLATION, Legislation)


    Legislation \Leg`is*la"tion\ (-l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F.
    l['e]gislation, L. legis latio. See Legislator.]
    The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws;
    the laws enacted.
    [1913 Webster]

    Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy.
    --Lyttelton.
    [1913 Webster]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    legislation
    n 1: law enacted by a legislative body [syn: statute law]
    2: the act of making or enacting laws [syn: legislating, lawmaking]

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    42 Moby Thesaurus words for "legislation":
    act, authorization, bill, bylaw, canon, concurrent resolution,
    constitution, decree, dictate, dictation, edict, enaction,
    enactment, form, formality, formula, formulary, institution,
    joint resolution, jus, law, lawmaking, legalization, legislature,
    legitimatization, lex, measure, ordinance, ordonnance, passage,
    passing, prescript, prescription, regulation, resolution, rubric,
    rule, ruling, sanction, standing order, statute, validation

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


lawmaking, legislating, statute law


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