legislation

See also: législation and législâtion

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɛd͡ʒɪsˈleɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: le‧gis‧la‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

legislation (usually uncountable, plural legislations)

1. The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.

   Synonym: lawmaking

   pass legislation

   There is a lack of legislation about human cloning.

2. A law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body.
   • 2003, Ruben E. Agpalo, Statutory Construction, page 467:

     The general rule is that constitutional provisions are self-executing, except when the provisions themselves expressly require legislations to implement them […]

   • 2024 September 23, Soumya Karlamangla, “California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Sunday banning the sale at grocery checkouts of all plastic bags, regardless of thickness.

Hyponyms

• (enacted laws): rooster (obsolete slang; legislation solely intended to benefit the legislators)

Derived terms

• antilegislation
• counterlegislation
• delegated legislation
• delegislation
• Magnitsky legislation
• overlegislation
• postlegislation
• prelegislation
• primary legislation
• relegislation
• secondary legislation
• subordinate legislation
• subsidiary legislation

Translations

the act of legislating

• Arabic: تَشْرِيع (ar) m (tašrīʕ)
• Asturian: llexislación f
• Azerbaijani: qanunvericilik
• Belarusian: заканада́ўства n (zakanadáŭstva)
• Bulgarian: законода́телство n (zakonodátelstvo)
• Catalan: legislació f
• Cebuano: lehislasyon
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立法 (zh) (lìfǎ)

• Czech: zákonodárství n
• Dutch: wetgeving (nl) f, legislatie (nl) f
• Finnish: lainsäädäntö (fi)
• French: législation (fr) f
• Galician: lexislación (gl) f
• Georgian: კანონმდებლობა (ḳanonmdebloba)
• German: Gesetzgebung (de) f
• Greek: νομοθεσία (el) f (nomothesía)

  Ancient: νομοθεσία f (nomothesía)

• Hungarian: törvényhozás (hu)
• Indonesian: legislasi (id), penyusunan (id), pembentukan (id)
• Irish: reachtaíocht f
• Italian: legislazione (it) f
• Japanese: 法制化 (ほうせいか, hōseika), 法制 (ja) (ほうせい, hōsei), 立法 (ja) (りっぽう, rippō)
• Korean: 입법(立法) (ko) (ipbeop), 립법(立法) (ko) (ripbeop) (North Korea)
• Latin: lēgislātiō f
• Macedonian: законодавство c (zakonodavstvo)
• Malay: penggubalan
• Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni f
• Maori: whakaturetanga
• Norman: législâtion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lovgivning m or f

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: قانون‌گُذاری (ġânun-gozâri)

• Polish: prawodawstwo n, ustawodawstwo (pl) n, legislacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: legislação (pt) f
• Russian: законода́тельство (ru) n (zakonodátelʹstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: законода́вство n

  Roman: zakonodávstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: zákonodarstvo n
• Slovene: zakonodaja f
• Spanish: legislación (es) f
• Swedish: lagstiftning (sv) c
• Turkish: yasama (tr), kanun (tr)
• Ukrainian: законода́вство n (zakonodávstvo)
• Vietnamese: lập pháp (vi)

law already enacted by legislature

• Arabic: شَرِيعَة (ar) f (šarīʕa), قَانُون (ar) m (qānūn)
• Asturian: llexislación f
• Belarusian: зако́н m (zakón)
• Cebuano: lehislasyon
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立法 (zh) (lìfǎ), 法規 / 法规 (zh) (fǎguī)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: wet (nl) f
• Finnish: lainsäädäntö (fi)
• French: loi (fr) f
• Galician: lexislación (gl) f
• Georgian: კანონი (ḳanoni)
• German: Gesetz (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: νομοθέτημα n (nomothétēma)

• Hungarian: becikkelyezett törvény
• Indonesian: undang-undang (id)
• Irish: reachtaíocht f
• Italian: leggi (it) f pl
• Japanese: 法律 (ja) (ほうりつ, hōritsu)
• Korean: 법률(法律) (ko) (beomnyul)
• Malay: akta
• Maltese: leġiżlazzjoni f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lovgivning m or f

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: قانون (fa) (ġânun)

• Polish: ustawodawstwo (pl) n, prawodawstwo n
• Portuguese: legislação (pt) f
• Russian: зако́н (ru) m (zakón)
• Spanish: legislación (es) f
• Swedish: lagstiftning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: зако́н (uk) m (zakón)

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