What is another word for legislation?
Synonyms for legislation
ˌlɛdʒ ɪsˈleɪ ʃənleg·is·la·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
legislation
Law, in its ideal, is the statement of a principle of right in mandatory form, by competent authority, with adequate penalty for disobedience; in common use, the term is applied to any legislative act, however imperfect or unjust. Command and commandment are personal and particular; as, the commands of a parent; the ten commandments. An edict is the act of an absolute sovereign or other authority; we speak of the edict of an emperor, the decree of a court. A mandate is specific, for an occasion or a purpose; a superior court issues its mandate to an inferior court to send up its records. Statute is the recognized legal term for a specific law; enactment is the more vague and general expression. We speak of algebraic or chemical formulas, municipal ordinances, military orders, army regulations, ecclesiastical canons, the rules of a business house. Law is often used, also, for a recognized principle, whose violation is attended with injury or loss that acts like a penalty; as, the laws of business; the laws of nature. In more strictly scientific use, a natural law is simply a recognized system of sequences or relations; as, Kepler's laws of planetary distances. A code is a system of laws; jurisprudence is the science of law, or a system of laws scientifically considered, classed, and interpreted; legislation, primarily the act of legislating, denotes also the body of statutes enacted by a legislative body. An economy (Greek oikonomia, primarily the management of a house) is any comprehensive system of administration; as, domestic economy; but the word is extended to the administration or government of a state or people, signifying a body of laws and regulations, with the entire system, political or religious, especially the latter, of which they form a part; as, the code of Draco, Roman jurisprudence, British legislation, the Mosaic economy. Law is also used as a collective noun for a system of laws or recognized rules or regulations, including not only all special laws, but the principles on which they are based. The Mosaic economy is known also as the Mosaic law, and we speak of the English common law, or the law of nations. Polity (Greek politeia, from polis, a city) signifies the form, constitution, or method of government of a nation, state, church, or other institution; in usage it differs from economy as applying rather to the system, while economy applies especially to method, or to the system as administered; an economy might be termed a polity considered with especial reference to its practical administration, hence commonly with special reference to details or particulars, while polity has more reference to broad principles.
Synonyms:
canon, code, command, commandment, decree, economy, edict, enactment, formula, jurisprudence, law, mandate, order, ordinance, polity, principle, regulation, rule, statute
Princeton's WordNet
legislation, statute lawnoun
law enacted by a legislative body
Synonyms:
legislating, statute law, lawmakinglegislation, legislating, lawmakingnoun
the act of making or enacting laws
Synonyms:
legislating, statute law, lawmaking
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "legislation":
laws, law, legislative, lawmaking, act, lois, legislations, statutes, regulation, législation, legislating, legal, acts, ordinance, ordinances, bill, gesetzgebung, statutory, legislature, normative
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#813 | bill | |
#1362 | command | |
#1419 | rule | |
#1779 | economy | |
#1801 | laws | |
#1977 | canon | |
#2649 | legislation | |
#2748 | regulation | |
#3239 | acts | |
#3630 | formula | |
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#4225 | principle | |
#5770 | statutory | |
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#6678 | statute | |
#7107 | ordinance | |
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#9882 | mandate | |
#13053 | decree | |
#14032 | lois | |
#15929 | ordinances | |
#16823 | enactment | |
#20074 | normative | |
#21820 | jurisprudence | |
#28211 | commandment | |
#39160 | polity | |
#46050 | edict | |
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#103179 | lawmaking |
How to use legislation in a sentence?
To the bill's many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians' deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God.
I'm proud and sad at the same time, i'm proud because we passed the legislation, but I'm sad to know that this practice could be happening in other countries and it's not a crime yet.
It's never too late to do the right thing, and this legislation would work to right a historic wrong while ensuring our Capitol reflects the principles and ideals of what Americans stand for.
Dole was central here and it reflects his desire to pass legislation and make a deal.
Most of the coverage right now and the better part of the last few months has been on process, which of course, makes sense because we are engaged in a complex legislative process to get these bills across the finish line, but that, in some respects obfuscates away from the substance of these incredibly important, consequential pieces of legislation that will have lasting impact on the American people and American families.
Translations for legislation
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- شريعة, قانون, تشريعArabic
- legislacióCatalan, Valencian
- zákonodárstvíCzech
- Gesetz, GesetzgebungGerman
- legislaciónSpanish
- قانونگذاری, قانونPersian
- lainsäädäntöFinnish
- loi, législationFrench
- reachtaíochtIrish
- lexislaciónGalician
- becikkelyezett törvény, törvényhozásHungarian
- legislazione, leggiItalian
- חקיקהHebrew
- 立法, 法制, 法制化, 法律Japanese
- leġiżlazzjoniMaltese
- wet, wetgevingDutch
- legislaçãoPortuguese
- закон, законодательствоRussian
- lagstiftningSwedish
- kanun, yasamaTurkish
- законодавство, законUkrainian
- قانون سازیUrdu
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