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Definitions
the act of making or enacting laws
Word origin
From Late Latin lēgislātiō (“the giving of the law”). Morphologically legislate + -ion.
Used in a sentence
“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 […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Laws or lawmaking”11 letters
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