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legislation definition - legal

n

  1. A bill being considered by a legislature that will become law if enacted.
  2. The entire body of such bills under consideration or already enacted as law by a legislature.
  3. The process of enacting bills into law.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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