Legislation

Legˊis-la′tion

(-lā′shŭn)

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

législation

, L.

legis latio

. See

Legislator

.]

The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.

Pythagoras joined

legislation

to his philosophy.

Lyttelton.

Legislation

LEGISLA'TION

,

Noun.

The act of passing a law or laws; the enacting of laws.

Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy.

legislation

See also: législation and législâtion

English

Noun

legislation ‎(usually uncountable, plural legislations)

The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
Law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body

Translations

the act of legislating

Arabic: تَشْرِيع m ‎(tašrīʿ)
Catalan: legislació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 立法 (zh) ‎(lìfǎ)
Czech: zákonodárství n
Dutch: wetgeving (nl) f
Finnish: lainsäädäntö (fi)
French: législation (fr) f
Galician: lexislación (gl) f
Georgian: კანონმდებლობა ‎(ḳanonmdebloba)
German: Gesetzgebung (de) f
Hungarian: törvényhozás (hu)
Irish: reachtaíocht f
Italian: legislazione (it) f

Japanese: 法制化 ‎(hōseika), 法制 (ja) ‎(hōsei), 立法 (ja) ‎(りっぽう, rippō)
Korean: 입법 (ko) ‎(ipbeop)
Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni f
Maori: whakaturetanga
Norman: législâtion f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lovgivning m, f
Persian: قانون‌گذاری
Portuguese: legislação (pt) f
Russian: законода́тельство (ru) n ‎(zakonodátelʹstvo)
Spanish: legislación (es) f
Swedish: lagstiftning (sv) c
Turkish: yasama (tr), kanun (tr)
Ukrainian: законодавство n ‎(zakonodávstvo)

law already enacted by legislature

Arabic: شَرِيعَة (ar) f ‎(šarīʿa), قَانُون (ar) m ‎(qānūn)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 立法 (zh) ‎(lìfǎ), 法規 (zh), 法规 (zh) ‎(fǎguī)
Czech:
Dutch: wet (nl) f
Finnish: lainsäädäntö (fi)
French: loi (fr) f
Galician: lexislación (gl) f
Georgian: კანონი ‎(ḳanoni)
German: Gesetz (de) n
Hungarian: becikkelyezett törvény
Irish: reachtaíocht f

Italian: leggi (it) f pl
Japanese: 法律 (ja) ‎(ほうりつ, hōritsu)
Korean: 법률 (ko) ‎(beopnyul)
Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lovgivning m, f
Persian: قانون (fa)
Portuguese: legislação (pt) f
Russian: зако́н (ru) m ‎(zakón)
Spanish: legislación (es) f
Swedish: lagstiftning (sv) c
Ukrainian: закон (uk) m ‎(zakón)

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Legˊis-la′tion

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Legislation

LEGISLA'TION

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