legislation

Definition:
1. A law or a set of laws passed by a parliament.
2. Law enacted by a legislative body.
3. The process of making and passing laws.
4. The act of making or enacting laws.

Use 'legislation' in a sentence:

• 1. He gave his assent to the proposed legislation.
• 2. Doctors argue the new legislation will help smokers give up.
• 3. The new industrial relations legislation curbed the power of the unions.
• 4. To avoid delays, she wanted the disaster relief legislation to be kept free of extraneous matters.
• 5. It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.
• 6. Legislation will require UK petrol companies to meet an EU specification for petrol.
• 7. Legislation is only part of the answer.
• 8. Similar legislation is already in place in Wales.
• 9. Eight senators sponsored legislation to stop the military funding.
• 10. Is this situation not susceptible of improvement by legislation?
• 11. Religion and politics, they believed, should be kept clearly separate, and they generally opposed humanitarian legislation.
• 12. New legislation makes it an offence to carry guns.
• 13. They think that any legislation that involved putting down dogs was wrong.
• 14. Similar legislation is already in place in Utah.
• 15. Legislation requires approval by both houses of parliament.
• 16. The legislation is expected to be passed in the next parliament.
• 17. Proposed legislation affecting bird-keepers has been watered down.
• 18. Legislation is moving through the House that would save USPS an estimated $28.6 billion over five years.
• 19. The House and Senate are to begin soon hashing out an agreement for sanctions legislation.
• 20. In 1987, Garcia introduced legislation to nationalize Peru's banking and financial systems.
• 21. The government has in the past given qualified support to the idea of tightening the legislation.
• 22. This legislation is inconsistent with what they call Free Trade.
• 23. Major social issues should be the focus of legislation.
• 24. They are hoping to bring the new legislation into force before the end of the year.
• 25. The rest of the world is less encumbered with legislation.
• 26. It is a highly complex piece of legislation.
• 27. The Government will bring forward several proposals for legislation.
• 28. This benefit is free of tax under current legislation.
• 29. Farmers are profiting from the new legislation.
• 30. If these countries can successfully enforce this legislation, the survival of tigers in the wild will be ensured.
• 31. The legislation will be difficult to enforce.
• 32. The countries in which the tigers' habitats are located are currently debating joint legislation that would ban tiger hunting.
• 33. The legislation has twice been rejected by the House of Lords.
• 34. The legislation will be widened to include all firearms.
• 35. New laws will soon replace existing legislation.
• 36. There are few precedents for this sort of retrospective legislation.
• 37. Legislation will be difficult and will take time.
• 38. The company just thumbs its nose at the legislation on pollution.
• 39. They are skeptical about how much will be accomplished by legislation.
• 40. The president has the power of veto over all new legislation.
• 41. They were much more likely to favor social-reform legislation and aid to education.
• 42. Many states already have enterprise zones and legislation that encourage investment in depressed areas.
• 43. The republic's legislation enables young people to do a form of alternative service.
• 44. New legislation on the sale of drugs will be introduced next year.
• 45. Legislation to that effect created fierce controversy both in Parliament and outside.
• 46. The legislation is still in draft form.
• 47. The new legislation is welcome but does not go far enough.
• 48. The new legislation concerns health and safety at work.