legislate
verb (used without object)
to exercise the function of legislation; make or enact laws.
had legislated
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past perfectof legislate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Ms Sturgeon said the government had legislated to end early automatic release in 2016, but said it was important to keep arrangements under review.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2021
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told BBC Newsnight that though her country had legislated 1.5C as its target, it needed to do more to support global climate change policy.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2021
Speaking during the main debate, she said she understood concerns over the warrant but told the House she had legislated to make it "better and safer".
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2014
The territory had been ceded as a conquest, and was to be preserved and governed as such until the sovereignty to which it had passed had legislated for it.
From California Romantic and Resourceful A plea for the collection, preservation and diffusion of information relating to Pacific coast history by John Francis Davis
Hadrian had legislated for the down-trodden: no longer had you power of life and death over your slaves; they were protected by the law like other men; you could not even treat them harshly.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
