Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.

    pass legislation

    There is a lack of legislation about human cloning.

    Gesetzgebung

    законода́тельствоzakonodátelʹstvo

    законода́вствоzakonodávstvo

    the act of making or enacting laws

  2. (uncountable, usually)A law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body.

    Gesetz

    зако́нzakón

    зако́нzakón

    law enacted by a legislative body

Examples

25 sentences
  1. The proposed legislation runs roughshod over at least three amendments to the constitution.

    Запропоноване законодавство грубо порушує якнайменше три поправки до конституції. — shanghainese

  2. We have to pass this legislation.

  3. The government has the power of legislation.

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  4. The legislation doesn't protect me in this case.

  5. Existing legislation does not take diversity of races into account.

    ruДействующее законодательство не принимает в расчет расовое многообразие. — sharptoothed

    deDie bestehende Gesetzgebung berücksichtigt die ethnische Vielfalt nicht. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
the act of legislating:
law already enacted by legislature:
Русский
By meaning 2
the act of legislating:
law already enacted by legislature:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the act of legislating:
law already enacted by legislature:

Origin

From Late Latin lēgislātiō (“the giving of the law”). Morphologically legislate + -ion.

From Late Latin lēgislātiō (“the giving of the law”). Morphologically legislate + -ion.

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