legislation
noun
[ lɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃ(ə)n ]
• laws, considered collectively.
• "housing legislation"
Similar:
law-making,
law enactment,
law formulation,
codification,
prescription,
ratification,
law,
body of laws,
constitution,
rules,
rulings,
regulations,
acts,
bills,
statutes,
enactments,
charters,
ordinances,
measures,
canon,
code,
jurisprudence,
Origin:
mid 17th century (denoting the enactment of laws): from late Latin legis latio(n- ), literally ‘proposing of a law’, from lex ‘law’ and latus ‘raised’ (past participle of tollere ).
