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legislation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌled͡ʒəˈslæɪʃən/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˌlɛd͡ʒɪˈsleɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˌlɛd͡ʒəˈsleɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
• [ˌlɛd͡ʒˈsleɪʃən] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˌled͡ʒɪˈslæɪʃən/ (Australia)
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Etymology

From Late Latin lēgislātiō (“the giving of the law”). Morphologically legislate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.
   • pass legislation
   • There is a lack of legislation about human cloning.
2. (uncountable, usually) A law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body.
   • Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Sunday banning the sale at grocery checkouts of all plastic bags, regardless of thickness. 2024 September 23, Soumya Karlamangla, “California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired”, in The New York Times:
   • The general rule is that constitutional provisions are self-executing, except when the provisions themselves expressly require legislations to implement them […] 2003, Ruben E. Agpalo, Statutory Construction, page 467:

Forms

Deriveds

relegislation · delegated legislation · overlegislation · primary legislation · counterlegislation · antilegislation · Magnitsky legislation · postlegislation · prelegislation · subordinate legislation · delegislation · secondary legislation · subsidiary legislation

Hyponyms

rooster (enacted laws)

Synonyms

lawmaking

Translations (83)

fi lainsäädäntö (the act of legislating) · mt leġiżlazzjoni (the act of legislating) · la lēgislātiō (the act of legislating) · mt leġiżlazzjoni (law already enacted by legislature) · vi lập pháp (the act of legislating) · ga reachtaíocht (law already enacted by legislature) · de Gesetz (law already enacted by legislature) · be зако́н (law already enacted by legislature) · nl wetgeving (the act of legislating) · sv lagstiftning (the act of legislating) · id pembentukan (the act of legislating) · it leggi (law already enacted by legislature) · ru зако́н (law already enacted by legislature) · ko 립법 (the act of legislating) · cmn 立法 (the act of legislating) · be заканада́ўства (the act of legislating) · fa-ira قانون (law already enacted by legislature) · ja 法制化 (the act of legislating) · pl legislacja (the act of legislating) · hu törvényhozás (the act of legislating) · id legislasi (the act of legislating) · bg законода́телство (the act of legislating) · ja 法律 (law already enacted by legislature) · pl ustawodawstwo (law already enacted by legislature) · fr loi (law already enacted by legislature) · cs zákonodárství (the act of legislating) · sk zákonodarstvo (the act of legislating) · uk зако́н (law already enacted by legislature) · nl legislatie (the act of legislating) · gl lexislación (law already enacted by legislature) · es legislación (law already enacted by legislature) · ja 法制 (the act of legislating) · ca legislació (the act of legislating) · ar قَانُون (law already enacted by legislature) · ast llexislación (law already enacted by legislature) · ar شَرِيعَة (law already enacted by legislature) · grc νομοθεσία (the act of legislating) · ko 입법 (the act of legislating) · pl ustawodawstwo (the act of legislating) · fa-ira قانونگُذاری (the act of legislating) · id penyusunan (the act of legislating) · nb lovgivning (the act of legislating) · pl prawodawstwo (law already enacted by legislature) · ast llexislación (the act of legislating) · nl wet (law already enacted by legislature) · fi lainsäädäntö (law already enacted by legislature) · pt legislação (law already enacted by legislature) · ga reachtaíocht (the act of legislating) · ceb lehislasyon (the act of legislating) · ar تَشْرِيع (the act of legislating) · ru законода́тельство (the act of legislating) · sh zakonodávstvo (the act of legislating) · it legislazione (the act of legislating) · pt legislação (the act of legislating) · mk законодавство (the act of legislating) · id undang-undang (law already enacted by legislature) · ko 법률 (law already enacted by legislature) · mi whakaturetanga (the act of legislating) · hu becikkelyezett törvény (law already enacted by legislature) · sh законода́вство (the act of legislating) · ms penggubalan (the act of legislating) · es legislación (the act of legislating) · grc νομοθέτημα (law already enacted by legislature) · nrf législâtion (the act of legislating) · tr yasama (the act of legislating) · sl zakonodaja (the act of legislating) · cmn 法規 /法规 (law already enacted by legislature) · ja 立法 (the act of legislating) · gl lexislación (the act of legislating) · fr législation (the act of legislating) · tr kanun (the act of legislating) · uk законода́вство (the act of legislating) · ka კანონმდებლობა (the act of legislating) · pl prawodawstwo (the act of legislating) · sv lagstiftning (law already enacted by legislature) · el νομοθεσία (the act of legislating) · nb lovgivning (law already enacted by legislature) · ms akta (law already enacted by legislature) · ka კანონი (law already enacted by legislature) · ceb lehislasyon (law already enacted by legislature) · az qanunvericilik (the act of legislating) · cmn 立法 (law already enacted by legislature) · de Gesetzgebung (the act of legislating)