legislating
Noun
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The act of making or enacting laws (synset 101128014)
referred to in:
- legislation, statute law - law enacted by a legislative body
- jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
associated with:- reconsider - consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it
- filibuster - obstruct deliberately by delaying
is a type of: administration, governance, governing, government, government activity - the act of governing; exercising authoritysubtypes:- criminalisation, criminalization - legislation that makes something illegal
- decriminalisation, decriminalization - legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal
- enactment, passage - the passing of a law by a legislative body
same as: lawmaking, legislation
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