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Noun: legislation  ,le-ji'sley-shun
  1. (law) law enacted by a legislative body
    - statute law
     
  2. (law) the act of making or enacting laws
    - legislating, lawmaking

Derived forms: legislations

Type of: administration, civil law, governance, governing, government, government activity

Part of: statute book

Encyclopedia: Legislation