legislation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

legislation
    n 1: law enacted by a legislative body [syn: {legislation},
         {statute law}]
    2: the act of making or enacting laws [syn: {legislation},
       {legislating}, {lawmaking}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

42 Moby Thesaurus words for "legislation":
      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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