Definitions for Legislation
ˌlɛdʒ ɪsˈleɪ ʃənleg·is·la·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. legislation, statute lawnoun

   law enacted by a legislative body

2. legislation, legislating, lawmakingnoun

   the act of making or enacting laws

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. legislationnoun

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

2. legislationnoun

   Law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body

3. Etymology: From legislatio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Legislationnoun

   The act of giving laws.

   Etymology: from legislator, Lat.

   Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy, and, like others, pretended to miracles and revelations from God, to give a more venerable sanction to the laws he prescribed. George Lyttleton, on the Conversion of St. Paul.

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1. Legislation

   Legislation is the process or result of enrolling, enacting, or promulgating laws by a legislature, parliament, or analogous governing body. Before an item of legislation becomes law it may be known as a bill, and may be broadly referred to as "legislation" while it remains under consideration to distinguish it from other business. Legislation can have many purposes: to regulate, to authorize, to outlaw, to provide (funds), to sanction, to grant, to declare, or to restrict. It may be contrasted with a non-legislative act by an executive or administrative body under the authority of a legislative act.

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1. legislation

   Legislation refers to the process of creating, enacting, and implementing laws by a governing body. It encompasses the formulation, amendment, and repeal of laws and regulations that govern the behavior and conduct of individuals, organizations, and institutions within a specific jurisdiction. Legislation is typically carried out by legislative bodies, such as parliaments, congresses, or councils, in order to establish legal frameworks that address societal issues, address public concerns, regulate various activities, and maintain order and governance within a society or country.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Legislationnoun

   the act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted

2. Etymology: [Cf. F. lgislation, L. legis latio. See Legislator.]

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1. Legislation

   Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it. Before an item of legislation becomes law it may be known as a bill, and may be broadly referred to as "legislation" while it remains under consideration to distinguish it from other business. Legislation can have many purposes: to regulate, to authorize, to proscribe, to provide, to sanction, to grant, to declare or to restrict. Under the Westminster system, an item of primary legislation is known as an Act of Parliament after enactment. Legislation is usually proposed by a member of the legislature, or by the executive, whereupon it is debated by members of the legislature and is often amended before passage. Most large legislatures enact only a small fraction of the bills proposed in a given session. Whether a given bill will be proposed and enter into force is generally a matter of the legislative priorities of government. Legislation is regarded as one of the three main functions of government, which are often distinguished under the doctrine of the separation of powers. Those who have the formal power to create legislation are known as legislators; a judicial branch of government will have the formal power to interpret legislation; the executive branch of government can act only within the powers and limits set by the law.

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1. Legislation

   Works consisting of the text of proposed or enacted legislation that may be in the form of bills, laws, statutes, ordinances, or government regulations.

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1. legislation

   An official form of socialist unity governmental rule, instruction or procedure with accurate input using concise, fair, intelligent, just and logical language and steps that produces an accurate and specific function or output with the prioritizing in order of priority the cocreation of optimum health, human rights, right to life, right to housing, socialism, socialist policies, shared prosperity for all, stability, unity government, solidarity, cohesion, animal rights, fasttrack of the building of public housing on public land using nationalized construction organizations, right to free education, right to parent, right to free preschool education, right to a standard of living, creation of equal and identical pay for all, a universal living income system, right to internet access, economic stability, financial stability, civil rights, equal rights, equal opportunities, employment rights, childrens rights, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, united partnership, multi-party working, community empowerment systems, equal redistribution of wealth, fairness and justness across society, the country, europe and the world and contribute to the cocreation of international and national peace agreements, peace treaties, the universes truth and a fair, just and transparent system of checks and balances.

   The socialist unity government legislation is easy to create.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 2, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Legislation' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1492

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Legislation' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2014

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Legislation' in Nouns Frequency: #671

How to pronounce Legislation?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Legislation in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Legislation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Legislation in a Sentence

1. Thomas Massie:

   The recent election results present us with a new opportunity to advance pro-gun legislation and reverse the erosion of the Second Amendment that's occurred over the last few decades. I look forward to working with the new President and this determined group of conservatives to promote a pro-gun agenda.

2. Rosa DeLauro:

   How you pass legislation is the actual getting the votes.

3. President Trump:

   House and Senate Republican leaders were hoping to be united on tax reform to avoid a repeat of this summer’s ObamaCare repeal debacle. But that plan will be put to the test as the Senate prepares to unveil its version of the tax bill, which reportedly could eliminate popular state and local tax deductions and include additional changes from the House bill. Any big differences between the competing bills could slow or sideline the legislation, though leaders are aiming for swift passage.‘We did things differently this time because of the health care experience,’ House SpeakerPaul Ryantold Fox News on Sunday. ‘We worked with the Senate ahead of time, from the summer on, to put this bill together.’ Senate Republican leaders reportedly are considering the elimination of the state-and-local tax deductions, while the House is pushing only for a partial rollback and still deliberating in committee.

4. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson:

   Part of it is, if as a lawyer I can't get a good grasp of it one time through, then it makes me wonder how this is going to be interpreted by the courts, it's just the unintended consequences of legislation is what you've got to look at very carefully.

5. The RSPCA:

   We were incredibly sad to have to put this squirrel to sleep but were left with no choice due to changes in legislation in 2019 making it illegal to release gray squirrels back into the wild, we do not agree with this law and opposed it, but legally we have to comply.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Legislation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Legislation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Legislation
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislation
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Legislation
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Legislation