Synonyms for legislation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lej-is-ley-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌlɛdʒ ɪsˈleɪ ʃən

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Définition of legislation

Origin : 1650s, from French législation, from Late Latin legislationem (nominative legislatio), properly two words, legis latio, "proposing (literally 'bearing') of a law;" see legislator.

noun law of a government

Example sentences :

What you have done in one village, why should not legislation do throughout a kingdom?
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Death is Nature's remedy for all things, and why not Legislation's?
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

The legislation of details in this domain becomes of necessity an injustice.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

Here again our legislation is fettered by ignorance and religious dogma.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

You speak of the possibility of legislation to prevent this.
Extract from : « War Taxation » by Otto H. Kahn

What, then, he said, is still remaining to us of the work of legislation?
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

You remind me of what I know—that legislation is never perfect.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

As if all our legislation must be done to-day, and nothing put off until the morrow.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

And yet there is nothing which tends more to the improvement of mankind than legislation and colonization.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

The question is often asked, What are the limits of legislation in relation to morals?
Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato

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