legislation
the act of making or enacting laws.
a law or a body of laws enacted.
Origin of legislation
1Other words from legislation
- sub·leg·is·la·tion, noun
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How to use legislation in a sentence
Currently, 49 states enforce some sort of anti-bullying laws, 18 of which have specific legislations against “cyberbullying.”
No doubt the reason demands unity, and nature variety, and both legislations take man in hand.
The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich SchillerThe two legislations ought to be completely independent, and yet mutually complementary.
The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich SchillerThat parents have now no right of life and death upon their children as they have had under certain legislations.
Elements of Morals | Paul JanetNevertheless much remained obscure in many ancient legislations.
An apparently strong point has been made against any connexion between the legislations on the score of philology.
British Dictionary definitions for legislation
/ (ˌlɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃən) /
the act or process of making laws; enactment
the laws so made
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