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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



Noun

legislation

  1. The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
  2. 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}}

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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.
[1913 Webster]

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


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