Legislation
[ledʒɪs'leɪʃ(ə)n] or [,lɛdʒɪs'leʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of making or enacting laws.
(noun.) law enacted by a legislative body.
Editor: Lyle--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
Editor: Miles
Examples
- When it tries to do so by sumptuary legislation, nothing but mischief is invoked. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Yes, I said; and there are many other things which must also have a similar extension given to them, if our legislation is to be of any value. Plato. The Republic.
- The laws which go unchallenged are laws friendly to business; class legislation means working-class legislation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What, then, he said, is still remaining to us of the work of legislation? Plato. The Republic.
- In our own age even Utopias affect the spirit of legislation, and an abstract idea may exercise a great influence on practical politics. Plato. The Republic.
- Death is Nature's remedy for all things, and why not Legislation's? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The historian of political forms may see in the town meeting a forerunner of direct legislation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And now what remains of the work of legislation? Plato. The Republic.
- Filibustering and delay in the counting of the votes are often the only means we have of defeating bad legislation. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And Germany also led the way in many forms of social legislation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Apart from the argument that legislation should be slow as well as sure, it is difficult to establish any necessity for this bi-cameral arrangement. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That is supposed to be an argument for direct legislation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There is a type of radical who has an idea that he can insinuate advanced ideas into legislation without being caught. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- One of the greatest weapons in the hands of a minority to prevent bad legislation is filibustering on votes, and this instrument would prevent it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- All sorts of observers have pointed out that the Western States adopt reform legislation more quickly than the Eastern. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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