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.
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Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy.
--Lyttelton.
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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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