legislation

[Leg`is*la·tion]

Legislation is the act or process of making or enacting laws. Some people think there should be more legislation in the area of education and some people think there should be less governments debate the matter periodically.

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

Noun
the act of making or enacting laws

Noun
law enacted by a legislative body


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


Legislation

Leg`is*la"tion , n. [Cf. F. l'82gislation, L. legis latio. See Legislator.] The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy.

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

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Usage Examples

Ever since the collapse of cap and trade legislation and the realization that President Obama is unlikely to ever utter the words 'climate change' in public again, much less use the bully pulpit to prepare the nation for the catastrophic risks of inaction, the movement has been in a funk.

The first legislation that I produced relating to the Internet was a bill to overturn a restriction inside of the law that prohibited the Internet backbone from being used for anything other than research and scientific and educational communication.

Internet safety begins at home and that is why my legislation would require the Federal Trade Commission to design and publish a unique website to serve as a clearinghouse and resource for parents, teachers and children for information on the dangers of surfing the Internet.

Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme.

All the laws and legislation in the world will never heal this world like the loving hearts and arms of mothers and fathers. If every child could drift to sleep feeling wrapped in the love of their family - and God's love - this world would be a far more gentle and better place.

Inflation is taxation without legislation.

I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see.

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion.

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Other Usage Examples

The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedy's deliberately blocking the legislation that I proposed in 1978 or '79.

Obama has seen to the passage of the most radical legislation in recent American history and so-called 'progressives' should be thanking him for it - even as many of the rest of us rear in horror from its implications.

I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.

Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nation's immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world.

Legislation to create a new 10 percent tax bracket, reduce the marriage penalty, cut the tax rate on dividends and capital gains, and increase the child tax credit have been essential elements in this economic expansion.

Environmentalists hate sprawl - except when it comes to the size of their expansive pet legislation on Capitol Hill.

I watch too much cable, I admit. Day after day it gets frustrating. Yesterday I watched as someone called legislation to prevent teacher layoffs a bailout - but I know that's not a view held by many, nor were the views I was frustrated about.

If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration.

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