HyperDic: legislation

English > 2 senses of the word *legislation*:
NOUN	communication	legislation, statute law	law enacted by a legislative body
NOUN	act	legislation, legislating, lawmaking	the act of making or enacting laws

legislation > pronunciation
Sounds	leh.jhahsley'shahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *legislation*: 2 senses > noun 1, communication
Meaning	law enacted by a legislative body.
Synonym	statute law
Category of	Department of Justice, Justice Department, Justice, DoJ	The United States federal department responsible / responsible for enforcing federal laws / laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation)
	legislation, legislating, lawmaking	The act of making or enacting laws
	unamended	(of legislation) not amended
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Part of	statute book	A record of the whole body of legislation in a given jurisdiction
Narrower	enabling legislation	legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement or enforce the law
Narrower	occupational safety and health act, federal job safety law	A law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment
Broader	civil law	The body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation
Spanish	legislación, ley estatutaria
Catalan	legislació
Adjectives	legislative	of or relating to or created by legislation
Verbs	legislate	make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

English > *legislation*: 2 senses > noun 2, act
Meaning	The act of making or enacting laws.
Synonyms	legislating, lawmaking
Category of	filibuster	obstruct deliberately by delaying
Category of	reconsider	Consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Category	legislation, statute law	law enacted by a legislative body
Narrower	criminalization, criminalisation	legislation that makes something illegal
	decriminalization, decriminalisation	legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal
	enactment, passage	The passing of a law by a legislative body
Broader	government, governing, governance, government activity, administration	The act of governing
Spanish	legislación
Catalan	legislació
Verbs	legislate	make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

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