Meaning of legislation | Babel Free

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1. The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.
   uncountable, usually
2. A law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body.
   uncountable, usually
3. A law, body of laws, or the process of making laws.
4. The formal product of a legislative or judicial body:act, assize, bill, enactment, law, lex, measure, statute.
5. to make laws. The government plan to legislate against the import of foreign cars. wette maak يَسُنُّ أو يَشْتَرِعُ القَوانين законодателствам legislar vydat zákon Gesetze geben lovgive νομοθετώlegislar seadusi andma قانون وضع کردن säätää lakeja légiférer לְחוֹקֵק कानून बनाना proglasiti zakon törvényt alkot menjadikan undang-undang setja lög legiferare 法律を制定する 법률을 제정하다 (iš)leisti įstatymą/įstatymus izdot likumu[] menggubal wetten makengi lover wprowadzać ustawodawstwo د قانون مينځه ته راوړل l...
6. law-making. a legislative assembly; legislative powers. wetgewend سُلْطَة تَشْريعِيَّه законодателен legislativo zákonodárný gesetzgebend lovgivende νομοθετικόςlegislativo seadusandlik قانونگذار lainsäädännöllinen législatifמחוקק वैधानिक zakonodavan törvényhozó(i) legislatif löggjafar- legislativo 立法上の 입법부의 įstatymų leidžiamasis likumdošanas- perundangan wetgevendlovgivende ustawodawczy د قانون مينځ ته راوړونكى اسمبله legislativo legislativ законодательный zákonodarný zakonodajen zakonodavni ...
7. a person who makes laws. wetgewer مُشَرِّع законодател legislador zákonodárce der Gesetzgeber lovgiver νομοθέτηςlegislador seadusandja قانونگذار lainsäätäjä législateur/-trice מחוקק विधायक zakonodavac törvényhozó legislator löggjafi legislatore 立法者 입법자 įstatymų leidėjas likumdevējs penggubal undang-undang: wetgevermedlem av lovgivende forsamling, stortings-/fylkestingsrepresentant ustawodawca د قانون مينځ ته راوړونكى legislador legislator законодатель zákonodarca zakonodajalec zakonodavac lag...
8. the part of the government which has the power of making laws. wetgewing هَيْئَة تَشْريعِيَّه законодателна власт legislatura zákonodárný sbor die Legislative lovgivende myndighed νομοθετικό σώμα cuerpo legislativo seadusandlik kogu مجلس قانونگذار lainsäädäntöelin corps législatif רָשוּת מְחוֹקֶקֶת विधान मण्डल zakonodavstvo törvényhozó testület dewan legislatif löggjafi, löggjafarsamkunda corpo legislativo, assemblea legislativa 立法機関 입법 기관 įstatymų leidžiamoji valdžia likumdevēja vara badan p...
9. legislación médica.
10. The act or process of legislating; lawmaking.
11. A proposed or enacted law or group of laws.
12. (Law) the act or process of making laws; enactment

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Examples

“pass legislation”

“There is a lack of legislation about human cloning.”

“The general rule is that constitutional provisions are self-executing, except when the provisions themselves expressly require legislations to implement them […]”

“Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Sunday banning the sale at grocery checkouts of all plastic bags, regardless of thickness.”

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