legislation
The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.
Example
“pass legislation”
Other meanings
A law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body.
Related words
- antilegislation
- counterlegislation
- delegislation
- overlegislation
- postlegislation
- prelegislation
- relegislation
- delegated legislation
- primary legislation
- secondary legislation
- subordinate legislation
- subsidiary legislation
Word history
From Latin "lēgislātiō" (the giving of the law).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “legislation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.