legislation | | |
n. (communication) | 1. legislation, statute law | law enacted by a legislative body. |
| ~ lawmaking, legislating, legislation | the act of making or enacting laws. |
| ~ enabling legislation | legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement or enforce the law. |
| ~ federal job safety law, occupational safety and health act | 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. |
| ~ statute book | a record of the whole body of legislation in a given jurisdiction. |
| ~ department of justice, doj, justice department, justice | the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ civil law | the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation. |
| ~ unamended | (of legislation) not amended. |
n. (act) | 2. lawmaking, legislating, legislation | the act of making or enacting laws. |
| ~ governing, government activity, governance, government, administration | the act of governing; exercising authority.; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" |
| ~ criminalisation, criminalization | legislation that makes something illegal.; "the criminalization of marijuana" |
| ~ decriminalisation, decriminalization | legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal. |
| ~ enactment, passage | the passing of a law by a legislative body. |
| ~ legislation, statute law | law enacted by a legislative body. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ reconsider | consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it. |
| ~ filibuster | obstruct deliberately by delaying. |
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