A Topical Dictionary: Search for legislation

Dictionary Results For "legislation" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Etymology

législation < {{term|legislatio#Latin|lēgislātiō|the giving of the law|lang=la}}.

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at en-us-legislation.ogg

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪʃǝn|-eɪʃǝn

Noun

legislation

The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
Law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body

Translations

Japanese: {{t|ja|法制化|tr=hōseika|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|法制|tr=hōsei|sc=Jpan}}

Japanese: {{t|ja|法律|tr=ほうりつ, hōritsu|sc=Jpan}}

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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WordNet legislation
n 1: law enacted by a legislative body [syn: statute law]
2: the act of making or enacting laws [syn: legislating, lawmaking]

Moby Dictionary
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